Meanings
Father
Radicals
Decomposition
⿱八乂
Etymology
Ideographic: A hand 乂 holding an axe 八
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Words Using This Kanji
129 words totaltransmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son
stubborn (obstinate) father
hereditary
God the Father
father
old man
uncle (younger than one's parent)
(one's) step-parents
thirty-four (orig. thirty-three) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture
father
uncle
father
patristic philosophy
patristics
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.)
dad
patrilineal system
half-sibling (with a different father)
father
uncle (one's father's older brother)