父 fu dad 交 jiao exchange 爸 ba dad 校 xiao schoolhouse
父 fu4 dad
交 jiao1 exchange
爸 ba4 dad
校 jiao4/xiao4 proofread/schoolhouse
they are the same idea but sound differently. Originally a hand and an ax,
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now two axes. It's easily remembered as looking like dad's moustache, or the idea of trading one ax for another.
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