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Animated Stroke Order 父

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How to write 父 — animated stroke order

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3.

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4.

How to Use 父

Words using 父 for father or patrilineal elder male relative

In these words, 父 means 'father' or refers to a male relative from the father's side of the family.

父亲 • fù qīn • father • HSK 4

HSK 4

5.

HSK Vocabulary: 父

父女 • fù nǚ • father and daughter

HSK 3.0 · L4

fù父

nǚ

6.

Example Sentences

Tā他

de的

jiào教

fù父

sòng送

le了

tā

Information

Pinyinfù

Meaningfather

Strokes4

Radical父

Traditional父

StructureSingle Body

Frequency#925

Zhuyinㄈㄨˋ

UnicodeU+7236

CangjieCSH

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fù父

qīn亲

father

祖父 • zǔ fù • grandfather [father's father] • HSK 6

HSK 6

zǔ祖

fù父

grandfather [father's father]

父母 • fù mǔ • father and mother; parents • HSK 3.0 · L4

HSK 3.0 · L4

fù父

mǔ母

father and mother; parents

女

father and daughter

父子 • fù zǐ • father and son

HSK 3.0 · L4

fù父

zǐ子

father and son

师父 • shī fu • used for 师傅 (in Taiwan)

HSK 3.0 · L6

shī师

fu父

used for 师傅 (in Taiwan)

伯父 • bó fù • Uncle (father's older brother)

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

bó伯

fù父

Uncle (father's older brother)

岳父 • yuè fù • Wife's father / Father-in-law

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

yuè岳

fù父

Wife's father / Father-in-law

继父 • jì fù • Stepfather

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

jì继

fù父

Stepfather

他

yī一

fèn份

shēng生

rì日

lǐ礼

wù物

。

His godfather gave him a birthday gift.

wǒ我

de的

fù父

qīn亲

shì是

yì一

míng名

yī医

shēng生

。

My father is a doctor.

wǒ我

de的

jì继

fù父

duì对

wǒ我

hěn很

hǎo好

。

My stepfather is very kind to me.

fù父

mǔ母

fēi非

cháng常

guān关

xīn心

wǒ我

de的

xué学

xí习

。

My parents care a lot about my studies.

zǔ祖

fù父

xǐ喜

huan欢

zài在

huā花

yuán园

lǐ里

zhǒng种

huā花

。

My grandfather likes to plant flowers in the garden.

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "fu".

阜fùmound; abundant, ample, numerous
腑fǔbowels, entrails, internal organs
弗fúnot, negative
甫fǔbegin; man, father; great; a distance of ten li
釜fǔcauldron, pot, kettle
讣fùobituary; give notice of death

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "父".

爷yéfather, grandfather, or respectful term for an elderly man
爹diēfather, dad
爸bàfather

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