祖 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「礻」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「礻」
- On
- ソそ · so
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- ancestor; founder
Stroke order
Origin
礻 "altar" plus 且 "to pile up"; generation upon generation honoured — hence "ancestor, founder."
Readings and examples
| Onソそso | 祖父そふ祖述そじゅつ元祖がんそ |
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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
- 曽祖父そうそふ
- 祖禰それい
- 彭祖ほうそ
- 媽祖まそ
Example
祖父はいなかに住んでいる。
My grandfather lives in the countryside.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)