KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 祖

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ancestor, pioneer, founder
This kanji has 9 strokes: 5 strokes in the "show" radical (しめす) and 4 other strokes
Sample Compounds (108):
1.
さん
おじいさん

grandfather, male senior-citizen
2.

そぼ

grandmother
3.
さん
おばあさん

grandmother, female senior-citizen
4.

そせん

ancestor
5.

しゅうそ

sect founder
6.

せんぞ

ancestor
7.

きょうそ

founder of a religious sect
8.

がんそ

originator, founder, pioneer, inventor
9.


ancestor, forefather, progenitor
10.

そふ

grandfather
11.

そこく

fatherland, native country
12.

そふぼ

grandparents
13.

ひいじじ

great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
14.

ぼうそふ

deceased (one''s late) grandfather
15.

おおじのみこと

grandfather of the emperor
16.

おおば

grandmother
17.

おこそずきん

kerchief worn by women in former times in Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes)
18.

そこくふっき

returning to one''s fatherland
19.

ひおおじ

great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
20.

なおや

eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person)
21.

こうそ

(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire
22.

おば

grandmother
23.

そし

founder of a sect
24.

ひじじ

great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
25.

こうそ

founder of dynasty or sect
26.
ちゃん
おじいちゃん

grandpa, grandad
27.
西
そしせいらい

(Buddh) the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China
28.

そうそぼ

great-grandmother, great-grandma
29.

こうそふ

great-great-grandfather
30.

ばば

grandmother
31.

そしぜん

Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma
32.

ひいばば

great-grandmother, great-grandma
33.

こうそぼ

great-great-grandmother
34.
さん
ばあさん

grandmother, female senior citizen
35.
ちゃん
おばあちゃん

granny, grandma, gran, female senior-citizen (familiar form of address)
36.

そそう

ancestors
37.

ひおおば

great-grandmother, great-grandma
38.

しそ

founder, originator, pioneer
39.

それい

ancestral spirit, collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities, ancestor deified as a kami, spirit of a kami
40.
インド・ヨーロッパ
インドヨーロッパそご

Proto-Indo-European (hypothetical language from which all Indo-European languages are derived)
41.

そじゅつ

exposition (propagation) of one''s master''s teachings or doctrines
42.

ひばば

great-grandmother, great-grandma
43.

しそちょう

archaeopteryx
44.

たいそ

founder, progenitor, emperor
45.
インドヨーロッパ
インドヨーロッパそご

Proto-Indo-European (hypothetical language from which all Indo-European languages are derived)
46.

そうそふ

great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
47.

だいそこくせんそう

Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
48.

いがくのそ

founder of medical science
49.

そせんのれい

ancestral spirits
50.

ひいじじ

great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
51.

しょそ

the first generation of a family, school (of thought) or religious sect
52.

だいそふ

great-grandfather
53.

いんおうそご

Proto-Indo-European (hypothetical language from which all Indo-European languages are derived)
54.

そせんのれいをまつる

to perform religious services for the departed souls of one''s ancestors
55.

ひおおじ

great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
56.

じんえんどうそせつ

monkey-ancestry theory
57.

ちゅうこうのそ

ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
58.

えんそ

forefathers, remote ancestors
59.

そせんすうはい

ancestor worship
60.

ひじじ

great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
61.

じんそ

progenitor
62.

てんそ

the ancestral Sun Goddess
63.

かいそ

(sect) founder, apostle, originator, inventor
64.

そせんでんらい

hereditary
65.

そうそふぼ

great-grandparents
66.

さきつおや

ancestor
67.

あまつみおや

imperial ancestor
68.

がいそふ

maternal grandfather
69.

そびょう

mausoleum containing the remains of one''s ancestors
70.

そうそぼ

great-grandmother, great-grandma
71.

さきのおや

ancestor
72.

どうそ

common ancestor
73.

がいそぼ

maternal grandmother
74.

おおじ

grandfather, old man, kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
75.

ひいばば

great-grandmother, great-grandma
76.

さいのかみ

traveler''s guardian deity (traveller)
77.

きょうどうそかい

international settlement
78.

おじ

grandfather
79.

ひおおば

great-grandmother, great-grandma
80.

せんぞのいはい

ancestral tablet
81.

さえのかみ

traveler''s guardian deity (traveller)
82.

じい

grandfather
83.

ひばば

great-grandmother, great-grandma
84.

せんぞだいだい

ancestral, hereditary, generation after generation, passing from father to son
85.

どうそしん

traveler''s guardian deity (traveller)
86.

じじ

grandfather
87.

せんぞだいだい

ancestral, hereditary, generation after generation, passing from father to son
88.

どうそじん

traveler''s guardian deity (traveller)
89.

おこそずきん

kerchief worn by women in former times in Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes)
90.

そけい

prototype
91.

せんぞでんしょう

what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation, legend, folk tale
92.

にちゆうどうそろん

hypothesis that Jews and Japanese are of common ancestry
93.

おそしさま

the Founder of the (our) sect (used especially in the Nichiren sect of Buddhism, referring to Nichiren)
94.

そぶ

grandfather
95.

そご

parent language
96.

せんぞでんらい

inherited
97.

ふそ

ancestors
98.
さん
おじいさん

grandfather, male senior-citizen
99.
さん
じいさん

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific), male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honoriffic)
100.
さん
ひいおじいさん

great-grandfather
101.

ふそでんらい

hereditary, patrimonial, handed down from generation to generation
102.
さん
おばあさん

grandmother, female senior-citizen
103.

そこくあい

patriotism
104.

そうそふ

great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
105.

ぶっそ

Founder of Buddhism
106.
ちゃん
おばあちゃん

granny, grandma, gran, female senior-citizen (familiar form of address)
107.

うば

grandmother
108.

そこくせんそう

Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)

Kuten Code: 3336
EUC Code: c1c4
Shift-JIS Code: 9163
JIS Code: 4144
Unicode: 7956
Radical Index: 113
Frequency Rank: 1226
Jouyou Grade: 5
DeRoo Code: 673
Four Corner code: 3721.0
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 914
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 3243
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 4083
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 1423
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 758
"Kanji in Context" Index: 824
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 617
"Essential Kanji" Index: 540
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 657
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 701
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 4e5.4
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 622
Morohashi Volume.Page: 8.437
Gakken Index: 736
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 1325
"Japanese Names" Index: 1779
Korean Reading: jo
Pinyin: zu3

Radical Index : : 祖

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