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父

Mandarin · pinyin fù

(bound form) father
(bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父 bó fù)
(computing) (bound form) parent-

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父: fù · father; Kangxi radical 88

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4 · fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fu2 · fu6

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character

father (male parent)
Used to address a male elder member of a family.
father (pioneering male figure in a particular field)
(Christianity) Father; God the Father

character

(literary, respectful) old man; elderly man
(literary) alternative form of 甫 (“honorific suffix used after a man's name; courtesy name”)
a surname

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