Character
| HSK | 6 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 1025th character |
| RADICAL | ⽰ (113.5) |
| STROKES | 9 |
| INDEX # | 1710 |
ancestor, forefather; grandfather
HSK 6
#1025
DEFINITIONS
| 祖 zǔ |
|
STROKES
WORDS
| 祖父 zǔ fù | father's father; paternal grandfather |
| 祖国 zǔ guó | motherland |
| 祖先 zǔ xiān | ancestor; forebears |
| 祖母 zǔ mǔ | father's mother; paternal grandmother |
| 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù | father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather |
| 祖父母 zǔ fù mǔ | paternal grandparents |
| 佛祖 fó zǔ | Buddha; founder of a buddhist sect |
| 外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ | mother's mother; maternal grandmother |
| 外祖父 wài zǔ fù | maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) |
| 祖宗 zǔ zōng | ancestor; forebear |
| 曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ | father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother |
| 祖传 zǔ chuán | passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation |
| 先祖 xiān zǔ | deceased grandfather; ancestry |
| 祖辈 zǔ bèi | ancestors; forefathers; ancestry |
| 始祖 shǐ zǔ | primogenitor; founder of a school or trade |
| 鼻祖 bí zǔ | the earliest ancestor; originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) |
| 祭祖 jì zǔ | to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors |
| 曾祖 zēng zǔ | great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) |
| 祖母绿 zǔ mǔ lǜ | emerald |
| 巴祖卡 bā zǔ kǎ | bazooka (loanword) |
| 祖坟 zǔ fén | ancestral tomb |
| 祖籍 zǔ jí | ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration) |
| 祖鲁人 zǔ lǔ rén | Zulu people |
| 光宗耀祖 guāng zōng yào zǔ | to bring honor to one's ancestors |
| 祖祖辈辈 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi | for generations; from generation to generation |
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