# 父 — Father

Frequency rank 253 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 報 (News), less common than 僕 (I).

- On’yomi: ふ
- Kun’yomi: ちち
- Radical: 父 Father (Kangxi 88)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

He unfolds the crossed arms, lifts his son's hand off the doorframe and shuts it round a cold beer.

In words:

- お父さん おとうさん — (honorable) father
- 祖父 そふ — grandfather
- 父親 ちちおや — father

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