Kanji: 祖 Radical: 示 (しめす) :
ソ;
;
ancestor
Joyo grade: 5 Stroke count: 9 Index in Nelson dictionary: 3243 Index in Halpern dictionary: 914
| 祖型 | そけい | (n) prototype/ |
| 祖
語 | そご | (n) a parent language/ |
| 祖国 | そこく | (n) fatherland/native country/(P)/ |
| 祖国愛 | そこくあい
| patriotism/ |
| 祖国復帰 | そこくふっき | returning to one's fatherland/ |
| 祖師 | そし | (n) founder of a sect/ |
| 祖宗 | そそう | (n) ancestors/ |
| 祖
述 | そじゅつ | (n) exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings
or doctrines/ |
| 祖先 | そせん | (n) ancestor/(P)/ |
| 祖先の霊を祭る | そせんのれいをまつる | (exp) to perform religious services for the departed
souls of one's ancestors/ |
| 祖先崇拝 | そせんすうはい | ancestor worship/(P)/ |
| 祖先伝来 | そせんでんらい | hereditary/ |
| 祖廟
| そびょう | (n)
mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors/ |
| 祖父 | そふ | (n) grandfather/(P)/ |
| 祖父母 | そふぼ
| (n) grandparents/ |
| 祖母 | そぼ | (n) grandmother/(P)/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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