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父 means 'father'

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Strokes : 4    Radical number: 88    Frequency: 227   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-4    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 4    Beginner lesson: 15   Begins 42 words   Used in 130 words   Used in 188 names   Component in 45 kanji (7 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   フ
Kun
   ちち father
Notes
Discover how simple fatherhood can be when it comes to 父, and see how 父 looks with its tips curled like a Hercule Poirot mustache.
Components
⿱  ハ (八) katakana 'ha'; eight  乂 crossed swords  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 父 is used 11 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation). 4 words use a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 父 is used 91 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations). 6 words use a non-standard reading.
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フ : 62 words FIND ALL
そ ふ 1
1. grandfather
2. old man  (see also: 爺; this meaning is restricted to reading おおじ)
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フ (read as ぷ) : 8 words FIND ALL
し ん ぷ 1
noun
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
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フ (read as ぶ) : 3 words FIND ALL
や ぶ い り 0
Most common form: 藪入
noun
holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months  (archaic)
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ちち : 12 words FIND ALL
ち ち 1 ち ち 2
noun
father  (see also: 母; とと and ちゃん are used by children; humble)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 6 words. FIND ALL
お と う さ ん 2
noun
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada  (see also: 父さん; honorific)
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An additional 37 less common words include 父 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 216 (originally: 197)  Joy o' Kanji : 197  Key to Kanji: 918 

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父
フ   ちち father   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
乂
crossed swords
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