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Kanji Detail for 祖 - "ancestor, founder, origin"
祖
- Meaning
祖 means "ancestor, founder, origin."
Ancestor - One's forebears; those who came before.
Founder - The originator; one who establishes.
Grandfather - A parent's parent.
Origin - The beginning; the source.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
ancestor; pioneer; founder
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
ancestor, forefather; grandfather
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Zu
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
ancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
One's father's father. All ancestors and first ancestors are also generally called 祖. | To follow someone's teachings from afar is called 祖. (Doctrine of the Mean) "Zhongni transmitted the ways of Yao and Shun." | A sacrifice name. When setting out on a journey, sacrificing to the road god. Today calling seeing someone off 祖餞 originates from this. | Buddhists call those who achieved enlightenment through cultivation and are revered by the world 祖. Such as saying 成佛作祖 (becoming Buddha and patriarch), and 祖師 (patriarch) and such.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
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Sentences including 祖
Grandmother carried the table by herself.
My grandmother gave me more than i wanted.
I live with my mother , brother and my grandparents.
My grandmother became sick last week.
They defended their country.
It is ten years since my grandfather died.
My grandmother has got old.
I saw grandfather last week.
My grandfather likes to walk.
This is a picture of my grandmother.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
父は先祖から譲られた遺産を大事に守って行く篤実一方の男でした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし先祖から譲られた迷信の塊りも、強い力で私の血の中に潜んでいたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
父は先祖から譲られた遺産を大事に守って行く篤実一方の男でした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし先祖から譲られた迷信の塊りも、強い力で私の血の中に潜んでいたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha