Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5
JLPT level: N3
1226 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: ancestor, pioneer, founder
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: ソ
Composition: 礻 且
Radical: 示
Reading: しめすへん
Meaning: sign
Strokes: 4
祖先（そせん） ancestor
祖国（そこく） fatherland, native country
祖父母（そふぼ） grandparents
元祖（がんそ） originator, founder, pioneer
教祖（きょうそ） founder of a religious sect, guru
先祖（せんぞ） ancestor
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