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
祖母
zǔmǔ
grandmother; paternal grandmother
Characters in this word
母 mǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 母 — mother
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 祖母的口述记忆补充了档案中缺失的私人经验。 Zǔmǔ de kǒushù jìyì bǔchōng le dàng'àn zhōng quēshī de sīrén jīngyàn. Grandmother's oral memories supplemented the private experiences missing from the archive.
- 小时候我常住在祖母家，她总给我做最好吃的饭。 Xiǎoshíhou wǒ cháng zhù zài zǔmǔ jiā, tā zǒng gěi wǒ zuò zuì hǎochī de fàn. When I was little I often stayed at my grandmother's home; she always cooked the most delicious food for me.
- 祖母今年八十岁，身体还很好，天天在院子里浇花。 Zǔmǔ jīnnián bāshí suì, shēntǐ hái hěn hǎo, tiāntiān zài yuànzi lǐ jiāo huā. My grandmother is eighty this year, still in good health, and waters the flowers in the courtyard every day.
Related words
- 祖国 zǔguó motherland
- 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
- 祖宗 zǔzong ancestors; forebears
- 父母 fùmǔ parents
- 母亲 mǔqīn mother
- 字母 zìmǔ letter
- 母 mǔ female
- 母语 mǔyǔ mother tongue
- 伯母 bómǔ aunt; wife of father's elder brother