祖父

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Chinese

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ancestral father
simp. and trad.
(祖父)
anagram 父祖

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (13) (3)
Final () (23) (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter tsuX bjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡suoX/ /bɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡suoX/ /bioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡soX/ /bioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɔX/ /buə̆X/
Li
Rong
/t͡soX/ /bioX/
Wang
Li
/t͡suX/ /bĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡suoX/ /bʱi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zou2 fu6

Noun

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祖父

  1. (formal) paternal grandfather (one's father's father)
    祖父 [MSC, trad.]
    祖父 [MSC, simp.]
    zǔfù jì bù huì dú yòu bù huì xiě. [Pinyin]
    My grandfather can neither read nor write.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (祖父):
  • Japanese: 祖父(そふ) (sofu)
  • Korean: 조부(祖父) (jobu)

See also

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Japanese

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
祖父 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 祖父 (MC tsuX bjuX). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (sofu

  1. a grandfather

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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祖父 (jobu) (hangeul 조부)

  1. hanja form? of 조부 (grandfather)

Synonyms

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