祖
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
祖 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈火月一 (IFBM), four-corner 37210, composition ⿰礻且(GHTJV) or ⿰示且(K))
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 841, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24664
- Dae Jaweon: page 1260, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2391, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7956
ChineseEdit
simp. and trad. |
祖 |
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Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 祖 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Old Chinese | |
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虘 | *zaːl, *zaː |
蔖 | *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ |
摣 | *rnaː, *ʔsraː |
袓 | *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ |
怚 | *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ |
罝 | *ʔsjaː |
謯 | *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ |
姐 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
抯 | *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː |
飷 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
且 | *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa |
趄 | *sʰjaːs, *sʰa |
笡 | *sʰjaːs |
查 | *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː |
柤 | *ʔsraː |
樝 | *ʔsraː |
皻 | *ʔsraː |
渣 | *ʔsraː |
楂 | *zraː |
苴 | *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa |
駔 | *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ |
租 | *ʔsaː |
蒩 | *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa |
祖 | *ʔsaːʔ |
組 | *ʔsaːʔ |
珇 | *ʔsaːʔ |
靻 | *ʔsaːʔ |
粗 | *sʰaː, *zaːʔ |
徂 | *zaː |
殂 | *zaː |
麆 | *zaːʔ, *zras |
伹 | *zaːʔ, *sʰa |
蛆 | *ʔsa, *sʰa |
沮 | *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra |
咀 | *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ |
疽 | *sʰa |
雎 | *sʰa |
狙 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
岨 | *sʰa |
砠 | *sʰa |
坥 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
刞 | *sʰas |
覰 | *sʰas |
覷 | *sʰas |
跙 | *zaʔ |
筯 | *das |
菹 | *ʔsra |
葅 | *ʔsra |
阻 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
俎 | *ʔsraʔ |
詛 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
鉏 | *zra, *zraʔ |
豠 | *zra |
鋤 | *zra |
耡 | *zra, *zras |
齟 | *zraʔ |
助 | *zras |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsaːʔ): semantic 示 + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa). Specialization of 且. See there for more.
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
祖
- ancestor; forebear; forefather
- grandparent; grandfather or grandmother
- founder
- (literary) to follow the example of; to pattern after
- a surname. Zu
- 祖沖之/祖冲之 ― Zǔ Chōngzhī ― Zu Chongzhi (Chinese astronomer and mathematician during the Liu Song and Southern Qi dynasties)
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 祖
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JapaneseEdit
Shinjitai | 祖 | |
Kyūjitai [1] |
祖 祖 or 祖+ ︀ ?
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祖󠄁 祖+ 󠄁 ?(Adobe-Japan1) | ||
祖󠄃 祖+ 󠄃 ?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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KanjiEdit
祖
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祖)
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
- Kun: おや (oya, 祖); じじ (jiji, 祖); はじめ (hajime, 祖め)
- Nanori: おや (oya); さき (saki); のり (nori); はじめ (hajime); ひろ (hiro); もと (moto)
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
EtymologyEdit
Kanji in this term |
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祖 |
そ Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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祖 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 祖 (tsuX, “ancestor”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ReferencesEdit
KoreanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Chinese 祖 (MC t͡suoX). Recorded as Middle Korean 조〮 (cwó) (Yale: cwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
HanjaEdit
祖 (eumhun 할아버지 조 (harabeoji jo))
- Hanja form? of 조 (“grandfather; ancestor”).
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
ReferencesEdit
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]
VietnameseEdit
NounEdit
祖
Derived termsEdit