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祖

Kanji 祖: meaning "ancestor", readings, stroke order

The kanji 祖 means "ancestor". On'yomi: ソ; kun'yomi: —. JLPT N1 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
ancestor
On'yomi
ソ
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
9
Level
JLPT N1
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
祖 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 祖

  • 祖父 そふ — Grandfather (humble)
  • 祖母 そぼ — Grandmother (humble)
  • 先祖 せんぞ — ancestor
  • 祖先 そせん — ancestor(s)

Stroke order · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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