先
- On
- せん
- Kun
- さき;ま.ず
- Stroke count
- 6
・before
・ahead
・previous
・future
・precedence
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Dictionary: “先祖”
先祖
せんぞ
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Example sentence
They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.
Kanji details
Kun/On information
祖
- On
- そ
- Kun
- —
- Stroke count
- 9
・ancestor
・pioneer
・founder
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Related words to 先祖
先祖の位牌
せんぞのいはい
ancestral tablet
先祖代々
せんぞだいだい
ancestral;hereditary;handed down from generation to generation
先祖伝承
せんぞでんしょう
what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation;legend;folk tale
先祖伝来
せんぞでんらい
inherited;family (heirloom);ancestral
先祖構造体
せんぞこうぞうたい
ancestor structure
先祖返り
せんぞがえり
reversion;atavism
先祖代々
せんぞだいだい
for generations;from generation to generation
先祖代代
せんぞだいだい
ancestral;hereditary;handed down from generation to generation
先祖代代
せんぞだいだい
for generations;from generation to generation