Kanji List

祖

• on: ソ
• meaning: ancestor, pioneer, founder
• words:

  Word	Reading	Meaning
  祖国	そこく	fatherland, native country
  祖	そ	ancestor, forefather, progenitor
  祖父	そふ, じじ, じい, おおじ, おじ, そぶ	grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
  祖母	そぼ, ばば, おおば, おば, うば	grandmother
  先祖	せんぞ	ancestor
  祖父母	そふぼ	grandparents
  祖先	そせん	ancestor
  元祖	がんそ	originator, founder, pioneer, inventor
  教祖	きょうそ	founder of a religious sect
  開祖	かいそ	(sect) founder, apostle, originator, inventor