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祖
Zǔ
1. surname Zu
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 10 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

祖
zǔ
ancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

曾祖
zēngzǔ
great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
太祖
tàizǔ
Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
始祖
shǐzǔ
primogenitor
祖鲁
Zǔlǔ
Zulu
祖马
Zǔmǎ
Zuma (name)
正祖
Zhèngzǔ
Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty
先祖
xiānzǔ
deceased grandfather
妈祖
Māzǔ
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
远祖
yuǎnzǔ
a remote ancestor
叔祖
shūzǔ
grandfather's younger brother
祖辈
zǔbèi
ancestors
佛祖
Fózǔ
Buddha
祖语
zǔyǔ
proto-language
祖传
zǔchuán
passed on from ancestors
祖先
zǔxiān
ancestor
HSK 6
祖国
zǔguó
ancestral land
HSK 6
祖系
zǔxì
ancestry
祖籍
zǔjí
ancestral hometown
祖坟
zǔfén
ancestral tomb
家祖
jiāzǔ
(polite) my paternal grandfather

Alternate Entries

祖
zǔ
ancestor / forefather / grandparents

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,024
Word Frequency Rank
2,046 of 84,292