also: ちちぎみ
Honorific term used to refer to someone else's father, especially in formal or respectful contexts. The reading ちちぎみ is archaic and rarely encountered.
Is your father in good health?
His father is a distinguished scholar.
Standard kanji spelling for the honorific term for someone else's father.
Archaic reading; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Compound of 父 (father) and 君 (lord, master), used as an honorific suffix. The reading ふくん is the standard Sino-Japanese reading, while ちちぎみ is a native Japanese reading that has become archaic.