ancestor

surname Zu; forefather; grandparents

spirit (礻) + sound (且) = ancestor

The spirit radical (礻) signals something sacred or ritual — honoring those who came before. 且 mainly provides the sound zǔ and does not carry the ancestral meaning.

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Variant of 示Semantic

他很想了解自己先的故事。

tā hěn xiǎng liǎo jiě zì jǐ zǔ xiān de gù shi。

He really wants to learn about the stories of his ancestors.

我们应该记住辈留下来的智慧。

wǒ men yīng gāi jì zhù zǔ bèi liú xià lái de zhì huì。

We should remember the wisdom passed down by our forefathers.

Words with 祖

祖鲁

zǔ lǔ

Zulu

远祖

yuǎn zǔ

a remote ancestor

郑光祖

zhèng guāng zǔ

Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家

开山祖师

kāi shān zǔ shī

founding master of a monastery

开山鼻祖

kāi shān bí zǔ

founder

显祖

xiǎn zǔ

ancestors (old)

马祖

mǎ zǔ

Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan

马祖列岛

mǎ zǔ liè dǎo

Matsu Islands

高祖母

gāo zǔ mǔ

great-great-grandmother

高祖父

gāo zǔ fù

great-great-grandfather

鼻祖

bí zǔ

the earliest ancestor

五祖拳

wǔ zǔ quán

Wuzuquan - "Five Ancestors" - Martial Art

More characters with 礻