父亲
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
父亲 (fùqīn) · father
父亲 (fùqīn) means “father”. It is written with 2 characters: 父 (father) + 亲 (one's own (blood relation)). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 父亲 is built
The characters
父 fù · father
What 父 is made of
- 八bā — eight
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: A hand 乂 holding an axe 八 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
亲 qīn · one's own (blood relation)
What 亲 is made of
- 立lì — to stand
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
Origin hint: A tree 木 bearing fruit 立 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我父亲是医生。Wǒ fùqīn shì yīshēng.My father is a doctor.
你父亲在哪儿工作？Nǐ fùqīn zài nǎr gōngzuò?Where does your father work?
Questions about 父亲
What does 父亲 mean?
父亲 (fùqīn) means “father”.
How do you pronounce 父亲?
父亲 is pronounced fùqīn.
Which HSK level is 父亲?
父亲 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 父母fùmǔparents
- 祖父zǔfùgrandfather (father's father)
- 父女fùnǚfather and daughter
- 父子fùzǐfather and son
- 母亲mǔqīnmother
- 亲切qīnqièkind
- 亲人qīnrénfamily members
- 亲自qīnzìpersonally
- 亲爱qīnàidear
- 亲密qīnmìclose
Learn 父亲 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 10: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.