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父 = 八 + 乂

父 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “father”. It is built from 八 (eight) and 乂 (govern). It appears as a component in 8 other characters in this index.

Keyword
father
Pinyin (Mandarin)
fù
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
отец
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
父 father

Decomposition

ids

  1. 八 eight
  2. 乂 govern

Characters that contain 父

How to find 父 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eight” + “govern”. 父 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 父 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.