ancestor; forefather; grandparents

HSK 6 #1025

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1025th character
Radical ⽰ (113.5)
Strokes 9
Index # 1710

Definitions

祖 zǔ
  1. 1. ancestor
  2. 2. forefather
  3. 3. grandparents
  4. 4. surname Zu

Stroke order

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Words containing 祖

Word Meaning
father's father; paternal grandfather
motherland
ancestor; forebears
father's mother; paternal grandmother
paternal great-grandfather; father's father's father
paternal grandparents
Buddha; founder of a buddhist sect
maternal grandmother; mother's mother
maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
ancestor; forebear
father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother
handed down from generation to generation
ancestry; deceased grandfather
ancestors; forefathers; ancestry
founder of a school or trade; primogenitor
originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)
to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
emerald
bazooka (loanword)
ancestral tomb
ancestral hometown
Zulu people
to bring honor to one's ancestors
from generation to generation; for generations
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