祖 zǔ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
祖国
zǔguó
motherland
Characters in this word
国 guó
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 玉 jade, gem, precious stone
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 无论走到哪里，他都始终关注祖国的发展。 Wúlùn zǒu dào nǎlǐ, tā dōu shǐzhōng guānzhù zǔguó de fāzhǎn. No matter where he goes, he always pays attention to the development of his motherland.
- 他在国外生活多年，始终想念祖国的家乡菜。 Tā zài guówài shēnghuó duō nián, shǐzhōng xiǎngniàn zǔguó de jiāxiāngcài. He has lived abroad for many years and still misses the home cooking of his homeland.
- 留学生回到祖国后，第一件事就是看望父母。 Liúxuéshēng huídào zǔguó hòu, dì yī jiàn shì jiùshì kànwàng fùmǔ. After the international student returned to his homeland, the first thing he did was visit his parents.
Related words
- 祖先 zǔxiān ancestors
- 祖传 zǔchuán handed down from ancestors; hereditary
- 祖父 zǔfù paternal grandfather; grandfather
- 祖籍 zǔjí ancestral home; place of origin
- 祖母 zǔmǔ grandmother; paternal grandmother
- 祖宗 zǔzong ancestors; forebears
- 国 guó country, state
- 国家 guójiā country, nation
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 出国 chūguó to go abroad