父 (fù) is Kangxi radical no. 88, “father”. In this form it is written with 4 strokes.
As a radical, 父 (fù) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “father” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 4 to 10 strokes. 2 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 0 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 爸 (bà) father, 爷 (yé) grandfather, old man.
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