noun

Honorific or respectful language.
  1. father.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
お父さま おとうさま
 
お父様 おとうさま
御父
御父様 おとうさま

Contained Kanji Breakdown

father
ちち フ (2nd, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)