父ちゃん

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
父
とう Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From 父 (tō, “father”) +‎ ちゃん (-chan, “familiar suffix”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) とーちゃん [tóꜜòchàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːt͡ɕã̠ɴ]

Noun edit

父(とう)ちゃん • (tōchan) (alternative reading hiragana とっちゃん, rōmaji totchan)

(term of endearment) pop, dad

Synonyms edit

お父(とう)さん (otōsan)

See also edit

母(かあ)ちゃん (kāchan): mum, mommy

References edit

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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