父ちゃん

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

父ちゃん (hiragana とうちゃん, rōmaji tōchan)

(alternative reading hiragana とっちゃん, romaji totchan)
  1. (term of endearment) pop, dad

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See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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