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祖

JLPT N3 SL5 9 strokes Frequency: #1226

Meanings

Ancestor, Pioneer, Founder

Radicals

礻

Decomposition

⿰礻且

Etymology

Pictophonetic: spirit

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 corner left-to-right

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left

6 corner top-right-to-bottom-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソ so

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

86 words total

Other (20 words)

外祖父がいそふ

maternal grandfather

教祖きょうそ

founder of a religious sect

元祖がんそ

originator

始祖鳥しそちょう

Archaeopteryx

founder

宗祖しゅうそ

sect founder

中興の祖ちゅうこうのそ

restorer of a dynasty

人祖じんそ

progenitor

先祖伝来せんぞでんらい

inherited

先の祖さきのおや

ancestor

先つ祖さきつおや

ancestor

先祖せんぞ

ancestor

祖国そこく

homeland

祖父母そふぼ

grandparents

祖先崇拝そせんすうはい

ancestor worship

祖国復帰そこくふっき

returning to one's fatherland

grandmother

祖先そせん

ancestor

祖型そけい

prototype

開祖かいそ

(sect) founder

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