EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    one's father; one's old man; dad; pops

    Usually written using kana aloneFamiliar language

    親父はじっと私の顔を見た。
    Father looked me full in the face.
  2. middle-aged (or older) man; old man; geezer

    Usually written using kana aloneFamiliar language

  3. one's boss

    Usually written using kana aloneFamiliar language

  4. proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.); landlord

    Usually written using kana alone

  5. grizzly bear

    Usually written using kana aloneHokkaido dialect

Also written 親爺【おやじ】親仁【おやじ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)

Kun
おやおや-した.しいした.しむ
On
シン
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
406 of 2500
Radical
see
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

ちかのり

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-9-7SKIP code
5b11.1The Kanji Dictionary
0691.0Four corner code
457deroo
89aaUnicode hex code
1-31-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4293Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5534New Nelson (John Haig)
1799New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2264Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1172Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1599Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1504Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1621Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
381A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2544Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
211Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34918Morohashi
149A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
175Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
175Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
260sakade
248Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
166henshall3
237Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
315crowley
249Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.6busy_people
1647Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1518Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qin1, qing4Pinyin reading
chinKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

father

Kun
ちち
On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
646 of 2500
Radical
father
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-2SKIP code
2o2.3The Kanji Dictionary
8040.0Four corner code
2066deroo
7236Unicode hex code
1-41-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2832Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3516New Nelson (John Haig)
1973New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2467Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1248Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1714Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1274Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1366Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
742A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
65Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
90Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19721Morohashi
197A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
113Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
113Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131sakade
70Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
216henshall3
100Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
226crowley
73Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
1286Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1282Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu4, fu3Pinyin reading
bu, boKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level