Memory phrase for the Kanji: 祖

祖

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Meaning ancestor

Pronunciation

SO

Explanation

Left: altar, to show 示/礻, right: besides/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.) - Here 且 as three coffins piled over each others seen from the end.

Mnemonic
 
At the altar the coffins are piled: of our ancestors.

Radicals

礻 to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
且 pile of stones, besides
亡 deathPicture of a coffin in cross section view
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 Vocabulary

祖 そ  ancestor, forefather
祖母 そぼ  grandmother
祖父 そふ  grandfather
祖父母 そふぼ  grandparents
先祖 せんぞ  ancestor
祖先 そせん  ancestor

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