Word Meaning 国父

こくふ kokufu

国父 is read as こくふ (kokufu) and means father of one's country.

Meaning

English

  1. father of one's country
  2. father of the nation

Reading

Kana

こくふ

Romaji

kokufu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 127128 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

建国の父

けんこくのちち

founding father

国人

くにうど

daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

国土

こくど

country

くに

home (i.e. hometown, home country)

国外

こくがい

outside the country

国々

くにぐに

countries

国語

こくご

Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)

国名

こくめい

country name

国学

こくがく

provincial school (established under the ritsuryō system for educating children of district governors)

国大

こくだい

national university

国語学

こくごがく

Japanese philology

国電

こくでん

city electric train service operated by (former) Japanese National Railways