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

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

Noun

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

  1. (term of endearment) pop, dad

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References

  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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