親父

親父

1. (literary) biological father

Perhaps from 親 (oya, “parent”) +‎ 父 (chichi, “father”). The reading appears to be an alteration of an earlier form, oyachichi, perhaps under the influence of 爺 (chichi, jiji, jī, “old man”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

• 親爺
• 親仁

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) おやじ [òyájí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) お​やじ [óꜜyàjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ja̠ʑi]

• Homophone: 親字

親(おや)父(じ) • (oyaji) ^{←おやぢ (oyadi)?}
(alternative reading hiragana やじ, rōmaji yaji, historical hiragana やぢ, historical katakana ヤヂ)

1. (informal) an old man (elderly man)
2. (informal) an old man (father)
   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi; Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)42話(わ)　父(ちち)と子(こ) [Chapter 42: Father and Son]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 5 (fiction), Jump Remix edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 215–216:

     やめろ　オヤジ…や…やめてくれよ‼　オヤジと戦(たたか)えるわけないだろ―――――‼　なんでだよ　オヤジ…なんで…なんでわかってくれねぇんだ⁉　オレだよ！アルだ‼　オヤジィ‼

     Yamero oyaji… Ya…yamete kure yo‼ Oyaji to tatakaeru wakenai daro―――――‼ Nan de da yo oyaji… Nan de… Nan de wakatte kurenēn da⁉ Ore da yo! Aru da‼ Oyajī‼

     Stop it, pops… St…Stop it, please‼ I can’t fight you, pops‼ Why, pops… Why… Why can’t you hear me⁉ It’s me‼ I’m Alle‼ Pops‼

   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi; Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)42話(わ)　父(ちち)と子(こ) [Chapter 42: Father and Son]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 5 (fiction), Jump Remix edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 225:

     目(め)を覚(さ)ましてくれよ…オヤジ…オヤジ　オレ…オレ…強(つよ)くなっただろ？

     Me o samashitekure yo… Oyaji… Oyaji Ore… Ore… tsuyoku natta daro?

     Please wake up… pops… Pops, I… I have… gotten stronger, haven’t I?

• The word is relatively masculine in usage. A woman is unlikely to use it to refer to her own father.

• おじさん
• おばさん

From Chinese 親父／亲父 (qīnfù).

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) し​んぷ [shíꜜǹpù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩmpɯ̟ᵝ]

親(しん)父(ぷ) • (shinpu) 

1. (rare, dated) one's own father

• 実父(じっぷ) (jippu)

• 親母

親父

1. chữ Hán form of thân phụ (“father”).