U+7236 "父" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
父
U+7236 "父" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means "father" and serves as a radical in many other characters, symbolizing paternal authority, family, or male parental roles. It is a pictographic character that originated from ancient oracle bone script, where it depicted a hand holding a stick, representing the father's role as the head of the household who provides guidance and discipline. In modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, "父" remains widely used both as an independent word and as a component in compounds like "父親" meaning father and "父母" meaning parents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7236 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 父 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 父 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x88 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7236 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007236 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7236 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A4F7 |
| kCCCII | 214A3F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4558 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4558 |
| kCangjie | CK |
| kCantonese | fu6 |
| kCihaiT | 864.101 |
| kCowles | 836 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1103.010 |
| kDefinition | father; Kangxi radical 88 |
| kEACC | 214A3F |
| kFanqie | 方矩 扶雨 |
| kFenn | 530A |
| kFennIndex | 143.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8040.0 |
| kGB0 | 2424 |
| kGB1 | 2424 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0102a |
| kHangul | 부:0E |
| kHanYu | 32039.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | fù(516) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32039.010:fù,fǔ |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⽗[U+2F57]:32039.010 |
| kHKGlyph | 2453 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1103.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32039.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0690.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3838 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A4F7 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4963 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DEF2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5D2B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4558 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8D6A |
| kJapanese | フ ブ ホ ちち |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:141 |
| kJapaneseKun | CHICHI |
| kJapaneseOn | FU HO |
| kJis0 | 4167 |
| kKangXi | 0690.010 |
| kKarlgren | 42 |
| kKorean | PWU PO |
| kLau | 738 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3637 |
| kMandarin | fù |
| kMatthews | 1933 |
| kMeyerWempe | 565 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016749 MJ016749:E0102 MJ016750:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 19721:E0103 |
| kNelson | 2832 |
| kPhonetic | 393 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3541+88.4.0 V+13497+88.4.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 88.0 |
| kSBGY | 261.07 262.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 407.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | fù粵fu6 fǔ粵fu2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3637 |
| kTang | *bhiǒ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 102.110:fù |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 242:145 |
| kXHC1983 | 0341.060:fǔ 0341.120:fù |