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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 祖

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
祖 zǔ - surname Zu
祖 zǔ - ancestor
- forefather
- grandparents

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 11,683 6,154 6,035

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 礻 且

Radical:

礻

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

且

Semantic:

礻

Hint:

Spirit

Other Words Containing 祖

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
祖母 - 6 3,634 21,236 25,940
祖父 6 6 4,499 18,171 32,533
祖国 5 6 6,026 2,638 4,921
祖先 5 7 7,073 14,164 17,854
祖 - - 11,683 6,154 6,035
曾祖父 - - 12,320 55,525 64,612
祖父母 - - 12,457 50,508 57,680
佛祖 - - 14,540 19,993 9,599
外祖母 - - 18,269 66,323 65,707
祖宗 - 9 21,037 18,269 11,147
外祖父 - - 21,198 52,875 62,940
曾祖母 - - 21,891 86,984 68,301
祖传 - 9 24,219 33,420 32,043
先祖 - - 29,258 37,973 44,497
祖辈 - - 29,726 41,687 42,379
始祖 - - 36,144 30,154 35,348
鼻祖 - - 41,130 35,509 22,620
祭祖 - - 42,984 28,826 34,380
返祖现象 - - 45,495 - 84,705
祖母绿 - - 46,118 64,127 47,260
曾祖 - - 46,247 73,351 58,875
祖鲁人 - - 48,365 - -
祖籍 - 9 48,504 26,181 30,261
巴祖卡 - - 49,734 - -
祖坟 - - 50,327 43,057 29,712
光宗耀祖 - - 57,974 74,056 60,379
祖祖辈辈 - - 59,258 45,502 56,914
祖鲁 - - 66,129 104,748 101,987
祖师 - - 78,042 30,684 40,421
叔祖母 - - 80,625 - -
祖马 - - 91,012 73,380 -
远祖 - - 97,968 93,138 65,356