開祖

Reading

Kana: かいそ

Romaji: kaiso

Definition

noun

1

(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

Kanji

開

Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける

Meanings: open, unfold, unseal

祖

Reading: ソ

Meanings: ancestor, pioneer, founder