Search Kanji for 始祖

commence

Radical:

Parts:口女厶

Dictionary:

Meanings

commence; begin

shi
はじ.めるhajimeru · -はじ.める-hajimeru · はじ.まるhajimaru
Popularity rank: 244 Pinyin: shǐ Korean: si Hán-Việt: thủy, thí
Stroke counts: 8 Grade level: 3 JLPT level: 3 Skip code: 1-3-5

Example Words

まず隗より始めよ[mazukaiyorihajimeyo] start with the first step
テキスト開始[tekisutokaishi] start of text
ヘッディング開始[heddingukaishi] start of heading
一部始終[ichibushijuu] full particulars
開始[kaishi] start
月始め[tsukihajime] beginning of month
元始[genshi] origin
元始祭[genshisai] Festival of Origins (January 3)
原始[genshi] origin
原始教会[genshikyoukai] the early church

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ancestor

Radical:

Parts:一目礻

Dictionary:

Meanings

ancestor; pioneer; founder

so
Popularity rank: 1226 Pinyin: Korean: jo Hán-Việt: tổ
Stroke counts: 9 Grade level: 5 JLPT level: 2 Skip code: 1-4-5

Example Words

御祖父さん[ojiisan] grandfather
御祖母さん[obaasan] grandmother
遠祖[enso] forefathers
開祖[kaiso] (sect) founder
外祖父[gaisofu] maternal grandfather
共同祖界[kyoudousokai] international settlement
教祖[kyouso] founder of a religious sect
元祖[ganso] originator
お高祖頭巾[okosozukin] kerchief worn by women in former times in Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes)
始祖[shiso] founder

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