| 祖 | そ | ancestor; forefather; progenitor |
| 祖 | おや | 1: parent; parents; 2: dealer (in cards); 3: founder; 4: (pet) owner |
| 始祖 | しそ | founder; originator; pioneer |
| 鼻祖 | びそ | founder; originator; introducer |
| 父祖 | ふそ | ancestors |
| 元祖 | がんそ | originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
| 先祖 | せんぞ | ancestor |
| 遠祖 | えんそ | forefathers; remote ancestors |
| 開祖 | かいそ | (sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor |
| 皇祖 | こうそ | (divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire |
| 高祖 | こうそ | founder of dynasty or sect |
| 初祖 | しょそ | the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect |
| 真祖 | しんそ | 1: true ancestor; 2: var. of vampire (in fiction) |
| 人祖 | じんそ | progenitor |
| 大祖 | たいそ | founder; progenitor; emperor |
| 太祖 | たいそ | founder; progenitor; emperor |
| 天祖 | てんそ | the ancestral Sun Goddess |
| 同祖 | どうそ | common ancestor |
| 名祖 | なおや | eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person) |
| 藩祖 | はんそ | ancestor of a feudal lord |
| 仏祖 | ぶっそ | Founder of Buddhism |
| 教祖 | きょうそ | founder of a religious sect |
| 宗祖 | しゅうそ | sect founder |
| 先つ祖 | さきつおや | ancestor |
| 先の祖 | さきのおや | ancestor |
| 医学の祖 | いがくのそ | founder of medical science |
| 天津御祖 | あまつみおや | imperial ancestor |
| 皇祖 | おおじのみこと | grandfather of the emperor |
| 中興の祖 | ちゅうこうのそ | ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family |
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