Kanji Details:
- 祖
- Frequency:1226
- Kun: nan
- On: ソ
- Meaning: ancestor, pioneer, founder
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 祖国 そこく fatherland, native country 祖 そ ancestor, forefather, progenitor 祖父 そふ, じじ, じい, おおじ, おじ, そぶ grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man 祖母 そぼ, ばば, おおば, おば, うば grandmother 先祖 せんぞ ancestor 祖父母 そふぼ grandparents 祖先 そせん ancestor 元祖 がんそ originator, founder, pioneer, inventor 教祖 きょうそ founder of a religious sect 開祖 かいそ (sect) founder, apostle, originator, inventor