Kanji 祖
On:
ソ
so
Kun:
おや、じじ、はじ.め
oya, jiji, haji.me
Reading in names:
い
i
Meanings:
ancestor, pioneer, founder
предок; родоначальник; основатель
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Examples
元祖
がんそ
ganso
originator, founder, pioneer
originator, founder, pioneer
先祖
せんぞ
senzo
ancestor
ancestor
教祖
きょうそ
kyooso
founder of a religious sect, guru
founder of a religious sect, guru
祖先
そせん
sosen
предок
ancestor
ancestor
祖国
そこく
sokoku
родина; отечество
fatherland, native country
fatherland, native country
祖父母
そふぼ
sofubo
grandparents
grandparents
Reading in other languages
Korean:
조
Korean (latin):
jo
Pinyin:
zu3
Vietnam:
Tổ
Encoding
BIG5:
AF AA
DECIMAL:
31062
HEX:
7956
JIS_LEVEL:
1
MINKUTEN:
1-33-36
UTF16:
7956
UTF8:
E7 A5 96
Dictionary indexes
A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade):
657
A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Ken Henshall):
758
A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall):
736
Essential Kanji (P.G. O'Neill):
540
Gakken Kanji Dictionary ("A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage"):
1325
Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki; White Rabbit Press):
772
Japanese Names (P.G. O'Neill):
850
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky):
632
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky, 2 edition):
622
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1999):
617
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2 edition, 2013):
823
Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono):
824
Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide:
1423
Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2013):
1145
Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette):
1795
Morohashi Daikanwajiten (Volume 8, page 0437):
24664P
New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1990):
914
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig):
1779
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig, 6 edition):
1918
The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Andrew Nelson):
3243
The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (John Haig):
4083
Tuttle Kanji Cards:
701
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