fù

father

How it’s built

Pictograph of a hand holding something. There are various theories about what the object being held is, including a hatchet (now written as 斧), or a rod.

Through the ages

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 父 as a component, most common first.

布bùcotton 爷yégrandfather 爸bàfather 爹diēfather 斧fǔaxe 釜fǔcauldron 爺yégrandfather

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