604 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1794 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1450 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2642 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1830 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
14299 | Morohashi |
2483 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 曾 【ヒイ】 great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
- ひ孫 【ヒマゴ】 great-grandchild
- 曾 【ヒイ】 great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
- ひ孫 【ヒマゴ】 great-grandchild
- 白檜曽 【シラビソ】 Veitch's silver fir (Abies veitchii)
- 大白檜曽 【オオシラビソ】 Maries' fir (Abies mariesii)
- 曾遊 【ソウユウ】 former visit
Kun reading compounds
- 嘗て 【かつて】 once, before, formerly, ever, former, ex-, never yet, never before, first time, still not happened
- 嘗て 【かつて】 once, before, formerly, ever, former, ex-, never yet, never before, first time, still not happened
Readings
- Korean:
- jeung
Spanish
Portuguese
French
2o9.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-10 | SKIP code |
8060.6 | Four corner code |
1-33-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
66fe | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
570 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 母国 【ボコク】 one's home country, one's homeland
- 母校 【ボコウ】 alma mater
- 養父母 【ヨウフボ】 adoptive parents
- 空母 【クウボ】 aircraft carrier
Kun reading compounds
- 母 【はは】 mother
- 母親 【ははおや】 mother
- 必要は発明の母 【ひつようははつめいのはは】 necessity is the mother of invention
- 失敗は成功の母 【しっぱいはせいこうのはは】 failure is the mother of success
- 母屋 【もや】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline, main building (of a manor), central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
- 母屋桁 【もやげた】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline
- 雲母 【うんも】 mica, isinglass
- 乳母 【うば】 wet nurse, nursing mother
Readings
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
- madre
- base
- cimientos
Portuguese
- mãe
- materno
French
- maman
- mère
137 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
222 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
203 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
554 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2466 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
89 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
65 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
326 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
112 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
112 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
74 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1143 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4287 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2165 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2917 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
102 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16723 | Morohashi |
3475 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3005 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
101 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
105 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
317 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
114 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3647 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.36 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-1 | SKIP code |
7750.0 | Four corner code |
1-42-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6bcd | Unicode hex code |