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Keyword
grandparent
  • ancestor
  • pioneer
  • founder
Frequency
#1226
Strokes
9
Grade
5
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
1918
Readings
ソ100%
Mnemonic
At the altar, there is more history behind each portrait on the wall: your grandparent smiles down gently.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
祖おや
founder; inventor; ancestor; forefather
Noun
祖そ国こく
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
Noun
祖そ父ふ
grandfather
Noun
祖そ母ぼ
grandmother
Noun
先せん祖ぞ
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Noun
元がん祖そ
originator; pioneer; inventor; founder; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
Noun
祖そ先せん
ancestor
Noun
祖そ父ふ母ぼ
grandparents
Noun
お祖父じいさん
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
Noun
祖そ
ancestor; forefather; progenitor; originator; pioneer; inventor; founder; grandfather
Noun
お祖母ばあさん
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
Noun
教きょう祖そ
founder of a religious sect
Noun
祖父じいちゃん
grandfather; male senior-citizen
Noun
祖母ばあさん
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
Noun
開かい祖そ
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
Noun
始し祖そ
founder; originator; pioneer
Noun
宗しゅう祖そ
sect founder
Noun
父ふ祖そ
ancestors
Noun
祖父じじ祖母ばば
old people; grandparents
Noun
曾そう祖そ母ぼ
great-grandmother; great-grandma
Noun
従祖父おおおじ
granduncle
Noun
祖そ師し
founder of a sect
Noun
祖そ神しん
ancestor worshipped as a deity
Noun
先せん祖ぞ返がえり
reversion; atavism
Noun