祖
Stroke Order
Meanings
- ancestor
- pioneer
- founder
On'yomi (音読み)
- ソ
- Strokes
- 9
- JLPT Level
- N3
- Frequency
- #920
- School Grade
- Grade 5
- Radical
- 示#113 · spirit
Common Words
- 祖国そこくNounhomeland, motherland, fatherland, native country
- 祖先そせんNounancestor
- 祖父そふNoungrandfather
- 祖母そぼNoungrandmother
- 祖父母そふぼNoungrandparents
- 教祖きょうそNounfounder of a religious sect
- 元祖がんそNounoriginator, pioneer, inventor, founder
- 宗祖しゅうそNounsect founder
Practice in Kanjiru
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