祖 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「礻」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「礻」
- On
- ソ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- ancestor; founder
Origin
礻 "altar" plus 且 "to pile up"; generation upon generation honoured — hence "ancestor, founder."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ソ | 祖父・祖述・元祖 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 祖父そふ
grandfather
- 先祖せんぞ
ancestors
Example
祖父はいなかに住んでいる。
My grandfather lives in the countryside.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)