Reading

Kana:
Romaji: so
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana:
Romaji: i
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

ancestor, pioneer, founder

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  113
Frequency:  1226
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  1-4-5
Korean Reading:  jo
Chinese Reading:  zu3
Unicode:  7956
JIS:  4144

Indexes

Halpern Index: 914
Nelson Index: 3243
New Nelson Index: 4083
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e5.4
Four Corner Index: 3721.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 736
Gakken Index: 1325
Japanese Names Index: 850
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24664P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0437
Remembering the kanji Index: 1779
Kanji Flashcards Index: 772
Kodansha Compact Index: 1423
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 758
Kanji in Context Index: 824
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 617
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 823
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1795
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1918
Essential Kanji Index: 540
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1145
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 673
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 657
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 701

Words

(おや)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); founder; (pet) owner
祖父 (そふ、じじ、じい、おおじ、おじ、そぶ)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
先祖 (せんぞ)
ancestor
祖国 (そこく)
motherland; fatherland; native country
始祖 (しそ)
founder; originator; pioneer
()
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
祖母 (そぼ、ばば、おおば、おば、うば)
grandmother
祖先 (そせん)
ancestor
元祖 (がんそ)
originator; founder; pioneer; inventor
開祖 (かいそ)
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
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