When the formation data identifies 父 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
父
Radical 88 of 214 · 4 strokes
Father
fù
Unicode uses 父 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is father; Kangxi radical 88. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
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爸bàfather, papaDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 巴 represents the sound.
- 父Semantic componentfather
- 巴Phonetic componentto cling to
- Category radical
- 父 father
- Visual structure
- 父 + 巴
HSK words with 爸1 word in this course
爷yégrandfather, old manDetails+
semantic formation
Formation: Simplified form of 爺. Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 耶 represents the sound.
- 父Semantic componentfather
- 卩Simplified formperson
- Category radical
- 父 father
- Visual structure
- 父 + 卩
HSK words with 爷1 word in this course
爺yégrandfather, old manDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 耶 represents the sound.
- 父Semantic componentfather
- 耶Phonetic componentused in transliterations
- Category radical
- 父 father
- Visual structure
- 父 + 耶
HSK words with 爺1 word in this course
父fùfather, dadDetails+
formation note
Formation: 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.
Formation source · Dong Chinese Lexicon- Category radical
- 父 father
- Visual structure
- 八 + 乂
HSK words with 父2 words in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.