TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 詞
父親
ㄈㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄣ · fùqīn
noun — father (polite/written form)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
親parent, close kin (親人的親)qīn亲 (phonetic qīn; 辛+木+立) + 見 (to see) — the one close enough to always watch
父親，父母的父，雙親的親。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手握杖（父：手持丨）、目不離身（親：見在下）——前頭帶路、始終回頭的那個。
A hand on the staff (父: a hand gripping a rod — the one who directs); the eye that never looks away (親: 見 to see + 亲 the close one) — the figure who leads and always turns back to look.
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