祖父

Kanji breakdown

• 祖 (Zǔ) · 9 strokes

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

• 父 (fù) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of a hand holding something. The exact nature of the object is unclear. Variously explained as a rod or a hatchet.

Example sentences

1. 彼は祖父似だ。 — He resembles his grandfather.
2. 私の祖父です。 — This is my grandfather.
3. 私の祖父は気難しい。 — My grandfather is very hard to please.
4. 彼は祖父に生き写しだ。 — He is the picture of his grandfather.
5. 彼は祖父に教育された。 — He was educated by his grandfather.

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