父 · fù

father

Radical pronunciation

Radical summary

#88

Kangxi

4

Strokes

#67

Frequency

Visual hint

A father figure raising a stick or hand to teach: crossing diagonals and a dot like a commanding gesture.

Suggests a father, the head of household, or a superior authority figure.

varies

Trace the radical, simplified, traditional, and variant forms when available.

父

2 examples

父

fù

father

HSK 3

爸

bà

dad; father (informal)

HSK 1

Father radical. Found in 父 (father), 斧 (axe), 爸 (dad/papa).

A father raising his hand to teach: two diagonals are outstretched arms, the dot is a pointing finger.

文: 父 has a dot and a teaching-hand shape; 文 has symmetric diagonals like elegant writing.

What radical is this: 父?