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父

ちち

(speaker's) father

Mnemonic

A hand gripping an axe, caught mid-swing, telling the same joke he has told all week. Cheech ちち: ちち.

Worth knowing

Your own father, spoken about to other people. 母 はは is the matching word for mother.

Built from

father
A hand gripping an axe. The one who does the heavy work.

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