KanjiN3Grade 5 · 小59 strokesRadical 示

祖 · ancestor, pioneer

祖 is a kanji meaning ancestor, pioneer, founder. It has 9 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

None in KANJIDIC2.

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 祖
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
祖母そぼ	そぼ	grandmother	N4
祖父そふ	そふ	grandfather	N4
先祖せんぞ	せんぞ	ancestor	N2
祖先そせん	そせん	ancestor(s)	N2

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

9 strokes