Keyword
ancestor
- forefather
- grandfather
- surname
- Frequency
- #1199
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
礻 (spirit) gives the meaning and 且 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
祖国
motherland
祖先
ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
祖父
father's father; paternal grandfather
祖母
father's mother; paternal grandmother
祖
ancestor; forefather; grandparents
祖宗
ancestor; forebear
祖师
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
妈祖
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
祖父母
paternal grandparents
太祖
Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
祭祖
to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
佛祖
Buddha; founder of a buddhist sect
始祖
primogenitor; founder of a school or trade
祖坟
ancestral tomb
曾祖父
father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
明成祖
Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永乐 (Yǒnglè)
外祖母
mother's mother; maternal grandmother
祖上
ancestors; forebears
祖辈
ancestors; forefathers; ancestry
祖籍
ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)
先祖
(literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors
宋祖英
Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer
马祖
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan
鼻祖
the earliest ancestor; originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)