高祖

Chinese

		high; tall	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (高祖)		高	祖

Emperor Gaozu of Han

Emperor Gaozu of Tang

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāozǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ zou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-chó͘ / ko͘-chó͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kau-tsu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāozǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaozǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-tsu³
    • Yale: gāu-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautzuu
    • Palladius: гаоцзу (gaoczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ zou²
    • Yale: gōu jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: ko-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koizor
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: koo-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kozor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kau-tsu
    • MiniDict: kau^平 tsu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kau-tsu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ t͡su²¹/

Noun

高祖

1. great-great-grandfather (paternal grandfather's paternal grandfather)
2. primogenitor
3. remote ancestor

Antonyms

• 玄孫／玄孙 (xuánsūn)

Proper noun

高祖

1. A temple name given to the first emperor of some of the Chinese dynasties, or to ancestor of the first emperor
   1. Emperor Gaozu of Han (256 BCE or 247 BCE – June 1, 195 BCE)
   2. Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566 – June 25, 635)

Synonyms

• (Emperor Gaozu of Han): 高皇 (Gāo Huáng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	祖
こう Grade: 2	そ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
高祖 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 高祖 (MC kaw tsuX).

First cited in Japanese in 1120.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーそ [kóꜜòsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞]

Noun

高(こう)祖(そ) • (kōso) 

1. [from 1180] a remote ancestor
2. [from 1180] (more narrowly): an ancestor four generations back: a great-great-grandparent, a grandparent of a grandparent
3. [from 1120] (Chinese history) the founder of a dynasty
4. [from 1257] (Buddhism) the founder of a sect

See also

• 玄孫(げんそん) (genson): a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
高	祖

Proper noun

高祖

1. chữ Hán form of Cao Tổ (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors or Vietnamese emperors”).