祖母

Kanji breakdown

• 祖 (Zǔ) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

• 母 (mǔ) · 5 strokes

  Pictograph of a woman kneeling, with two dots representing the two nipples that mothers use to feed their young.

Example sentences

1. 祖母はゆっくり話す。 — My grandmother speaks slowly.
2. 私は祖母に育てられた。 — I was brought up by my grandmother.
3. 私は祖母が大好きです。 — I love my grandmother very much.
4. 祖母は目が見えません。 — My grandmother cannot see.
5. 彼女は祖母に育てられた。 — She was brought up by her grandmother.

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