曽そう祖そ父ふ

Word family

• 曽そう祖そ父ふ母ぼ

  great-grandparents

Written forms

• 曽祖父
  • そうそふ

    Standard modern kanji spelling.

  • ひじじ

    gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
  • ひいじじ

    gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
  • ひおおじ

    gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikunrarely-used kana form
• 曾祖父Usage100%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  out-dated kanji form
  • そうそふ

    Contains outdated kanji 曾; 曽 is the modern form.

  • ひいじじ

    gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
  • ひじじ

    gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
  • ひおおじ

    gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikunrarely-used kana form
• ひいじじ
  gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun

  Common kana spelling for the colloquial reading.

• ひじじ
  gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun

  Colloquial variant of ひいじじ.

• ひおおじ
  gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikunrarely-used kana form

  Rarely used kana form; ひいじじ is more common.

Etymology

Compound of 曽 (sō, 'great-') + 祖父 (sofu, 'grandfather'). The colloquial readings ひいじじ, ひじじ, and ひおおじ are jukujikun, using native Japanese words for 'great-grandfather'.