Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N5

646 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: father

Kunyomi: ちち

Onyomi:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ちち

Meaning: father

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

母(ふぼ)   one's own father and mother

(そふ)   one's own grandfather

(ちち)   one's own father

親(ちちおや)   father

*おさん(おとうさん)   father [hon.]

Onyomi Examples

フボ father and mother, parents

フシ father and child, father and son, father and daughter

ギフ father-in-law, foster father, stepfather

ヨウフ foster father, adoptive father

Kunyomi Examples

ちち father

ちちおや father

亡き なきちち (one's) late father

建国の けんこくのちち founding father