異い父ふ

noun

different father

Used in kinship terms to indicate siblings who share the same mother but have different fathers. Often appears in compounds like 異父兄弟 (half-brother with a different father) and 異父姉妹 (half-sister with a different father).

See also: 同父 · 異父姉妹 · 異父兄弟

• 彼かれは異い父ふ兄きょう弟だいが二人ふたりいる。

  He has two half-brothers with a different father.

• 異い父ふ姉し妹まいとは、母はは親おやが同おなじで父ちち親おやが異ことなる姉し妹まいのことです。

  異父姉妹 refers to sisters who share the same mother but have different fathers.