The Chinese Radical: 父


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Meaning
father    父

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
father, dad, pa

Top: father (.. has a stick in his hand ), bottom: hope (Behind the doorknob you may hope.)
The father's hope is to be a (good) father.
JLPT HSK 3
grandfather, grandpa, old gentleman

Top: father (.. has a stick in his hand ), bottom: bent person
This "father" is a bent person: The grandfather.
JLPT HSK 4
father

A hand with a stick
The father has a stick in his hand (for punishing).
JLPT HSK 4
exchange, crossing, to intersect (lines), to deliver
jiāo
The image of a crosslegged sitting person means to mix.
Six crosses mark exchange or intersecting.
JLPT no HSK
hatchet, axe

Top: father (here: image of an axe in a hand ), bottom: axe
The image of an axe stands for: hatchet or axe.
JLPT no HSK
dad
diē
Left: father (.. has a stick in his hand ), right: many
The father is above of many (= the children) and is: My dad!
JLPT no HSK
kettle, cauldron

Top: father (.. has a stick in his hand ), bottom: gold, metal
Daddy uses metal to make a kettle.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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