428 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
535 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
507 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
261 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4215 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
636 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
353 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
427 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
679 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
692 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
440 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
181 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1433 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1031 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
411 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1911 | Morohashi |
1116 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
469 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
404 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
431 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
279 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
483 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 初演 【ショエン】 first performance
- 年初 【ネンショ】 beginning of the year
- 原初 【ゲンショ】 origin, source, beginning, starting point
Kun reading compounds
- 始め 【はじめ】 beginning, start, outset, opening, first (in line, etc.), origin, such as ..., not to mention ...
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 月初め 【つきはじめ】 beginning of the month
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 初 【はつ】 first, new
- 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 業界初 【ぎょうかいはつ】 the industry's first ...
- 人生初 【じんせいはつ】 (for the) first time in one's life
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し、 はっ
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- comienzo
- primero
Portuguese
- primeiros tempos
- começo
French
- première fois
- commencement
645 | 2001 Kanji |
5e2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-2 | SKIP code |
3722.0 | Four corner code |
1-29-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
521d | Unicode hex code |
ancestor, pioneer, founder
- On:
- ソ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
1226 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 祖 【ソ】 ancestor, forefather, progenitor, originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, grandfather
- 祖国 【ソコク】 homeland, motherland, fatherland, native country
- 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
- 教祖 【キョウソ】 founder of a religious sect
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- antepasado
- pionero
- fundador
Portuguese
- antecessor
- pioneiro
- fundador
French
- ancêtre
- pionnier
- fondateur
657 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
758 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
736 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1325 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3243 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
540 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
772 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
850 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
622 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
632 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
824 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1423 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1145 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
617 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
823 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1795 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
24664P | Morohashi |
914 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4083 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1779 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1918 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
701 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
673 | 2001 Kanji |
4e5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-5 | SKIP code |
3721.0 | Four corner code |
1-33-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7956 | Unicode hex code |