Info on the Kanji 祖 | What's a Kanji? |
| ancestor, pioneer, founder | |
| onyomi | SO |
| kunyomi | |
| stroke count | 9 |
| grade | 5 |
| jlpt level | N3 |
| Example words with 祖 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 祖そ so | parent / parents / dealer / founder / owner |
| 遠祖えんそ en so | forefathers / remote ancestors |
| 開祖かいそ kaiso | founder / apostle / originator / inventor |
| 教祖きょうそ kyouso | founder of a religious sect |
| 元祖がんそ ganso | originator / founder / pioneer / inventor |
| 高祖たかそ taka so | founder of dynasty or sect |
| 始祖しそ shiso | founder / originator / pioneer |
| 初祖はつそ hatsu so | the first generation of a family / school or religious sect |
| 真祖まことそ makoto so | true ancestor / var. of vampire |
| 人祖にんそ nin so | progenitor |
| 先祖せんぞ senzo | ancestor |
| 祖語そご so go | protolanguage / parent language |
| 祖国そこく sokoku | motherland / fatherland / native country |
| 祖師そし so shi | founder of a sect |
| 祖先そせん sosen | ancestor |
| 祖父そふ sofu | grandfather / old man / kyogen mask used for the role of an old man |
| 祖母そぼ sobo | grandmother |
| 太祖たそ ta so | founder / progenitor / emperor |
| 大祖だいそ dai so | founder / progenitor / emperor |
| 天祖てんそ ten so | the ancestral sun goddess |
| 同祖どうそ dou so | common ancestor |
| 父祖ちちそ chichi so | ancestors |
| 名祖めいそ mei so | eponym |
| 外祖父そとそふ soto sofu | maternal grandfather |
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| Example Sentences with 祖 |
| 祖母の遺灰は寺院に置かれた骨壷に入っている。 祖父は祖母がぽっくり逝ってから急に老け込みました。 お祖母さんの昔話は耳にたこができるほど聞かされた。 お祖母さんが座布団の上にちんまりとすわっていました。 |
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