| 1242 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 6590 | Morohashi |
| 1249 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 菩薩揚げ 【ボサアゲ】 ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)
Readings
- Korean:
- ma
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3e10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 4142.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-53-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5abd | 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 |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 廟 【ビョウ】 mausoleum, shrine, the (imperial) court
- 廟宇 【ビョウウ】 mausoleum, (Shinto) shrine
- 聖廟 【セイビョウ】 Confucian temple
- 伊勢大廟 【イセタイビョウ】 the Grand Shrines of Ise
Kun reading compounds
- 霊屋 【たまや】 mausoleum, (temporary) resting place of a corpse
Readings
- Korean:
- myo
Spanish
- mausoleo
- santuario
- palacio
Portuguese
French
| 1538 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3935 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2738 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 9489X | Morohashi |
| 1645 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2239 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2346 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 546 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q12.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 0022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5edf | Unicode hex code |