祖

Information about character(s)

Radical: 示
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zǔ, jiē
Cantonese: zou2
JapaneseKun: JIJI HAJIME
JapaneseOn: SO
Korean: CO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: ancestor, forefather; grandfather

CE-Dict: ancestor/forefather/grandparents

Soothill: Grandfather; ancestor; patriarch; founder; origin. See 二十八祖.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the generation above one's parents
2.ancestors; ancestral

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: ancestor; founder; grandfather; originator

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: ancestor; founder; grandfather; originator

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《示部》祖始廟也。从示且聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【示字部】祖
〔古文〕𥘲【唐韻】則古切【集韻】【韻會】總古切【正韻】總五切，𠀤音組。【玉篇】父之父也。又先祖，始祖，通謂之祖。【詩·小雅】似續妣祖。【禮·喪服小記】別子爲祖。　又【說文】始廟也。【周禮·冬官考工記·匠人】左祖右社。　又【廣韻】始也，上也，本也。【禮·中庸】祖述堯舜。【仲尼燕居】如此則無以祖洽於衆。【前漢·食貨志】舜命后稷，以黎民祖饑。【孟康註】謂黎民始饑也。　又法也。【禮·鄕飮酒義】亨狗於東方，祖陽氣之發於東方也。　又習也。【魯語】祖識地德。　又祭道神曰祖。共工之子曰修，好遠遊，舟車所至，靡不窮覽，故祀以爲祖神。祖者，徂也。【詩·大雅】仲山甫出祖。【註】祖，將行犯軷之祭也。【左傳·昭七年】公將往，夢襄公祖。　又姓。祖已之後，出范陽。　又【集韻】咨邪切，音𦊨。【前漢·地理志】安定郡有祖厲縣。　又神名。【山海經】祖狀之尸。【註】音如柤棃之柤。　又叶阻渚切，音樹。【張衡·東京賦】敺以就役，惟力是視。百姓弗能忍，是用息肩於大漢，而欣戴高祖。

CF-Dict: ancêtres/aïeux

Han-De-Dict: Ahne, Vorfahr (u.E.)