zǔ

祖

ancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname

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祖国 zǔ guó motherland HSK 6

祖父 zǔ fù father's father; paternal grandfather HSK 6

祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother; paternal grandmother HSK 6

祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved HSK 7–9

祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7–9

祖传 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation HSK 7–9

祖籍 zǔ jí ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration) HSK 7–9

Pictophonetic: spirit

Same radical 礻

zhù 祝 fú 福 shén 神 lǐ 礼 shè 社

Same sound

zū 租 zǔ 组 zú 族 zú 足