祖

ancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname; surname Zu; ancestor; forefather; grandparents

Strokes
9
Pinyin
zǔ

Parts

Words with 祖

  1. 佛祖fó zǔ · fozuBuddha; founder of a buddhist sect
  2. 先祖xiān zǔ · xianzu(literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors
  3. 叔祖shū zǔ · shuzugrandfather's younger brother
  4. 太祖tài zǔ · taizuGreat Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
  5. 始祖shǐ zǔ · shizuprimogenitor; founder of a school or trade
  6. 妈祖mā zǔ · mazuMatsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
  7. 家祖jiā zǔ · jiazu(polite) my paternal grandfather
  8. 师祖shī zǔ · shizuteacher of one's teacher (esp. in a lineage)
  9. 彭祖péng zǔ · pengzuPeng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years)
  10. 曾祖zēng zǔ · zengzugreat-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
  11. 正祖zhèng zǔ · zhengzuJeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty
  12. 祖上zǔ shàng · zushangancestors; forebears
  13. 祖传zǔ chuán · zuchuanpassed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
  14. 祖先zǔ xiān · zuxianancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
  15. 祖国zǔ guó · zuguomotherland
  16. 祖茔zǔ yíng · zuyingancestral tomb
  17. 祖坟zǔ fén · zufenancestral tomb
  18. 祖宅zǔ zhái · zuzhaiancestral house
  19. 祖宗zǔ zōng · zuzongancestor; forebear
  20. 祖居zǔ jū · zujuformer residence; one's original home
  21. 祖屋zǔ wū · zuwuancestral house
  22. 祖师zǔ shī · zushifounder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
  23. 祖母zǔ mǔ · zumufather's mother; paternal grandmother
  24. 祖父zǔ fù · zufufather's father; paternal grandfather
  25. 祖祠zǔ cí · zucishrine dedicated to one's ancestors
  26. 祖籍zǔ jí · zujiancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)
  27. 祖系zǔ xì · zuxiancestry; lineage; pedigree
  28. 祖训zǔ xùn · zuxunancestral precepts
  29. 祖语zǔ yǔ · zuyuproto-language; parent language (linguistics)
  30. 祖辈zǔ bèi · zubeiancestors; forefathers; ancestry

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences