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祖 = 礻 + 且

祖 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ancestor”. It is built from 礻 (leftside altar) and 且 (moreover). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1918.

Keyword
ancestor
RTK frame
1918
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
предок
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
祖 ancestor

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 礻 leftside altar
  2. 且 moreover

How to find 祖 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “leftside altar” + “moreover”. 祖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 祖 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.