father and child; father and son; father and daughter
Refers to the pair or relationship of a father and his child, regardless of the child's gender. Common in news and formal contexts.
Father and child went fishing together.
The father and son went out fishing together.
あの父子は本当に仲がいい。
That father and child get along really well.
The bond between the father and child deepened over the years.
The father and child live quietly together, just the two of them.
母子 refers to a mother and her child, while 父子 is the equivalent term for a father and his child.
父子 and 母子 differ by only one kanji and are easy to mix up, but 父子 means father and child while 母子 means mother and child.
class of students · group of people; team; crew; party · set; lot; bunch; assortment; deck or pack · organized-crime syndicate; crime family · typesetting; composition
Compound of 父 (father) and 子 (child). The reading ふし is the on'yomi of both characters.