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