noun

Honorific or respectful language.
  1. father, dad, papa, pa, pop, daddy, dada.
  2. husband.

pronoun

Familiar language.
  1. you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), he, him.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
お父さん おとうさん
 
とっ
 
 
お父さん おとっさん
御父
 
 
御父さん おとうさん
とっ
 
 
御父さん おとっさん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

father
ちち フ (2nd, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)