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戈一（IM）
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Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄗㄨˇ zǔ
Cantonesezou2
Taiwanesetsóo
- Meaning
- ancestor, forefather; grandfather
- Kangxi Radical
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Common words
- 祖國zǔ guómotherland
- 祖先zǔ xiānancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
- 祖宗zǔ zōngancestor; forebear
- 祖父zǔ fùfather's father; paternal grandfather
- 祖師zǔ shīfounder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
- 太祖tài zǔGreat Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
- 祭祖jì zǔto offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
- 外祖母wài zǔ mǔmother's mother; maternal grandmother
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