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师父 (shī fu): meaning and stroke order

师父 (shī fu) means used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan), master, qualified worker.

师父

Simplified
师父
Traditional
師父
Pinyin
shī fu

Stroke order of 师父

师

  • Shī surname Shi
  • shī teacher; master
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 師

Stroke by stroke

父

  • fù father
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 师父

  1. shī fu Traditional 師父
    • used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)
    • master
    • qualified worker

Radicals of the characters

师
Radical 巾 (Kangxi radical 50) · 6 strokes
父
Radical 父 (Kangxi radical 88) · 4 strokes · 八 on top, 乂 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

师父 in our stories

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  • 猪八戒在旁边说风凉话：“师父，猴哥一天打死三个人，这哪里是保护您？”

    Zhū Bājiè zài pángbiān shuō fēngliánghuà shīfu Hóugē yì tiān dǎ sǐ sān gè rén zhè nǎli shì bǎohù nín

    Zhu Bajie made snide remarks from the side: "Master, Brother Monkey has killed three people in one day. Is that what you call protecting you?"

    From the story Monkey strikes the White Bone Demon three times HSK 6

  • 他的师父太乙真人心疼这个徒弟，用莲花做身体，用莲藕做骨头，把他的魂魄放了进去。

    tā de shīfu Tàiyǐ Zhēnrén xīnténg zhè gè túdì yòng liánhuā zuò shēntǐ yòng lián'ǒu zuò gǔtou bǎ tā de húnpò fàng le jìnqu

    His teacher, Master Taiyi, grieved for his disciple; he made a body from lotus flowers and bones from lotus root, and put Nezha's soul inside.

    From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 师父

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).