Kanji 祖
9 strokes
Meaning
ancestor, pioneer, founder
- On'yomi
- ソ
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 示 spirit (113)
- JLPT
- N3
- School grade
- Grade 5
- Kanken
- 6級
- Frequency
- #1226 / 2500
Themes: Family
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Example sentences
彼女は祖母に育てられた。
She was brought up by her grandmother.
祖父は朝が早いんですよ。
My grandfather gets up early.
あなたの祖先をご存知ですか。
Do you know who your ancestors were?
Other kanji with radical “spirit” 示
- 社company
- 示show
- 神gods
- 福blessing
- 票ballot
- 禁prohibition
- 祉welfare
- 祭ritual
- 祝celebrate
- 礼salute
- 祥auspicious
- 祈pray
- 祐help
- 禅Zen
- 禍calamity
- 禎happiness
- 禄fief
- 祇national or local god
- 祁intense
- 祢ancestral shrine
- 祷pray
- 祿fief
- 禰ancestral shrine
- 禱pray
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