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HSK 6
HSK 6
祖
Character Breakdown (Single character)
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
祖国
zǔguó
ancestral land
祖系
zǔxì
ancestry
祖籍
zǔjí
ancestral hometown
祖坟
zǔfén
ancestral tomb
家祖
jiāzǔ
(polite) my paternal grandfather
Alternate Entries
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,024
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,046 of 84,292