Vita:祖

Parts

• 祖 1779 ancestor
  • ⺭ * altar
    • 示 1086 show
      • 二 2 two
        • 一 1 one (ceiling, floor)
        • 一 1 one (ceiling, floor)
      • 小 105 small (little)
        • ⼂ * drop (a drop of, drop of, eye-dropper)
        • ⼂ * drop (a drop of, drop of, eye-dropper)
        • ⼂ * drop (a drop of, drop of, eye-dropper)
    • ⊖ * something taken away
  • 且 2034 cabinet (moreover)

KANJIDIC Entry

• 祖 4144 U7956 B113 G5 S9 F1226 N3243 V4083 H914 DK617 L1779 K1325 O850 DO540 MN24664P MP8.0437 E736 IN622 DS657 DH758 DT701 DJ824 DG1423 P1-4-5 I4e5.4 Q3721.0 DR673 Yzu3 Wjo ソ T1 い {ancestor} {pioneer} {founder}

EDICT Entries

お祖父さん [おじいさん] / (n) grandfather / male senior-citizen / (P) / お祖母さん [おばあさん] / (n) grandmother / female senior-citizen / (P) /

• 教祖 [きょうそ] / (n) founder of a religious sect / (P) /
• 元祖 [がんそ] / (n) originator / founder / pioneer / inventor / (P) /
• 宗祖 [しゅうそ] / (n) sect founder / (P) /
• 先祖 [せんぞ] / (n) ancestor / (P) /
• 祖 [そ] / (n) ancestor / forefather / progenitor / (P) /
• 祖国 [そこく] / (n) fatherland / native country / (P) /
• 祖先 [そせん] / (n) ancestor / (P) /
• 祖父 [そふ] / (n) grandfather / (P) /
• 祖父母 [そふぼ] / (n) grandparents / (P) /
• 祖母 [そぼ] / (n) grandmother / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 1025 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 祖 => 礻, 且

Radical

• 祖 => 礻 (sign) , 月 (moon) , 一 (one)

Graphical

• 祖 => 一,一,丨,一,丶,戈,丨,丶,冂,二,一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. Zu3 - surname Zu
2. zu3 - ancestor/forefather/grandparents

Pronunciation Clues

1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 佛祖
• 祖国 (祖國)
• 祖宗

Medium Frequency

• 始祖
• 妈祖 (媽祖)
• 容祖儿 (容祖兒)
• 王祖贤 (王祖賢)
• 祖
• 祖传 (祖傳)
• 祖先
• 祖坟 (祖墳)
• 祖母
• 祖父
• 祖籍
• 祖辈 (祖輩)
• 祭祖
• 鼻祖