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) 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