Word Meaning 岳父

がくふ gakufu

岳父 is read as がくふ (gakufu) and means (man's) father-in-law.

Meaning

English

(man's) father-in-law
father of one's wife

Reading

Kana

がくふ

Romaji

gakufu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 121302 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

岳

たけ

mountain

岳友会

がくゆうかい

mountaineering club

岳人

がくじん

alpinist

岳母

がくぼ

wife's mother

叔父

おじ

uncle

義父

ぎふ

father-in-law

養父

ようふ

foster father

保父

ほふ

male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.)

義理の父

ぎりのちち

father-in-law

異父

いふ

different father

厳父

げんぷ

your honored father

義祖父

ぎそふ

grandfather-in-law

Example Sentences

岳父は元教師です。

がくふはもときょうしです。

my father-in-law is a former teacher.