| 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) |
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
| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1188 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 茂林 【モリン】 luxuriant (dense) forest
- 繁茂 【ハンモ】 flourishing (of plants), thriving, luxuriant growth, growing lushly, rankness (of weeds)
Kun reading compounds
- 茂る 【しげる】 to grow thickly, to be in full leaf, to be rampant, to luxuriate, to be luxurious
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うむさ、 き、 し、 つとむ、 む、 もて
- Korean:
- mu
Spanish
- frondoso
- exuberante
- tupido
- engordar
- crecer (plantas)
- ser lujoso
- hacerse frondoso
- hacerse tupido
Portuguese
- Coberto de plantas
- cresce forte
- luxuriante
French
- pousser dru
- s'épaissir
- luxuriant
| 1850 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1166 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3915 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1799 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1699 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 691 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1467 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1563 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1840 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 650 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2791 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1435 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1934 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 366 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30833P | Morohashi |
| 2245 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4998 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 360 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 384 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1216 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1959 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4425.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8302 | Unicode hex code |