The Chinese Radical: 父


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Meaning
father    父

Explanation (For punishing:) A stick ノ in his hand has: the father.

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

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

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

A hand with a stick ノ
The father has a stick in his hand (for punishing).  
HSK 4
exchange, crossing, to intersect (lines), to deliver
jiāo
The image of a crosslegged sitting person means to mix.
Six 六 crosses 㐅 mark exchange or intersecting.  
no HSK
hatchet, axe

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

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

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