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
祖父
zǔfù
paternal grandfather; grandfather
Characters in this word
父 fù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 父 — father, dad
- Made of
- 八 eight 乂 to govern
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 祖父留下的日记让他第一次理解家族迁徙背后的历史压力。 Zǔfù liúxià de rìjì ràng tā dì yī cì lǐjiě jiāzú qiānxǐ bèihòu de lìshǐ yālì. The diary left by his grandfather made him understand for the first time the historical pressure behind his family's migration.
- 我小时候祖父常带我去公园散步。 Wǒ xiǎoshíhou zǔfù cháng dài wǒ qù gōngyuán sànbù. When I was little, my grandfather often took me for walks in the park.
- 祖父八十岁了，身体还很健康。 Zǔfù bāshí suì le, shēntǐ hái hěn jiànkāng. Grandfather is eighty years old, but his health is still very good.
Related words
- 祖国 zǔguó motherland
- 祖先 zǔxiān ancestors
- 祖传 zǔchuán handed down from ancestors; hereditary
- 祖籍 zǔjí ancestral home; place of origin
- 祖母 zǔmǔ grandmother; paternal grandmother
- 祖宗 zǔzong ancestors; forebears
- 父母 fùmǔ parents
- 父亲 fùqīn father
- 师父 shīfu master, teacher
- 伯父 bófù father's elder brother; uncle
- 继父 jìfù stepfather
- 岳父 yuèfù father-in-law