Chinese edit

justice; righteousness; meaning father
trad. (義父)
simp. (义父)

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Noun edit

義父

  1. (literary) adoptive father

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Sino-Xenic (義父):

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology edit

From Chinese 義父义父 (yìfù, a father by moral principles).

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Noun edit

()() (gifu

  1. a father by moral principles
  2. a stepfather
  3. an adoptive father
  4. a father-in-law (one's spouse's father)

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