祖

Meaning

祖 centers on the origin of a lineage or tradition: an ancestor, a pioneer, or a founder who starts something that others follow.

• 祖父そふ
  N4

  grandfather

• 祖母そぼ
  N4

  grandmother

• 先祖せんぞ
  N3

  ancestor; forefather; foremother

• 元祖がんそ

  originator; pioneer; inventor; founder

• 祖国そこく

  homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country

• 祖先そせん
  N3

  ancestor

• お祖父さんおじいさん
  N5

  grandfather

• 祖父母そふぼ
  N2

  grandparents

• お祖母さんおばあさん
  N5

  grandmother

• 祖そ

  ancestor; forefather; progenitor

• 教祖きょうそ

  founder of a religious sect

• 媽祖まそ

  Mazu (Chinese goddess of the sea)

• 始祖しそ

  founder; originator; pioneer

• 開祖かいそ

  (sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

• 父祖ふそ

  ancestors

• 祖父祖母じじばば

  old people

• 曾祖母そうそぼ

  great-grandmother; great-grandma

• 曽祖父そうそふ

  great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

• 祖師そし

  founder of a sect

• 祖神そしん

  ancestor worshipped as a deity

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