Word Meaning 父なし子

ちちなしご chichinashigo

父なし子 is read as ちちなしご (chichinashigo) and means child whose father is dead.

Meaning

English

  1. child whose father is dead
  2. fatherless child
  3. child whose paternity is unknown
  4. illegitimate child

Reading

Kana

ちちなしご

Romaji

chichinashigo

Writing Variants

  • 父なし子 ててなしご tetenashigo
  • 父無し子 ちちなしご chichinashigo
  • 父無し子 ててなしご tetenashigo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 129580 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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父子

ふし

father and child

お父さん子

おとうさんこ

daddy's girl

父子相伝

ふしそうでん

transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son

父子家庭

ふしかてい

single-father household

父子草

ちちこぐさ

cudweed (Gnaphalium japonicum)

父子相姦

ふしそうかん

paternal incest

ちち

father

父母

ふぼ

father and mother

父さん

とうさん

father

父の日

ちちのひ

Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June)