Kanji #021 ／ 祖父

< TYPE >
Kanji / ka i - sho style

< READING >
○祖父
The japanese reading : -
The sound reading : so - fu
○祖
The japanese reading : -
The sound reading : so
○父
The japanese reading : chi chi
The sound reading : fu

< MEANING >
○祖父
grandfather
○祖
old person who repeated a generation, beginning of things, person who began work and teaching first, person who played a key role of the faith
○父
father, aged man, man of the elder, person like father

< ORIGIN >
○祖
「left part」＋「且」
「left part」: altar（ = 示）
「且」: the state that repeated a thing
The ancestors who were piled up of the generation. ( Because it was often that the ancestors were worshiped, "示" was added )
○父
The kanji that expressed a figure to hit with a stone ax in a hand

< USE >
○祖
先祖（se n - zo）：ancestor
教祖（kyo u - so）：founder
祖国（so - ko ku）：mother country
○父
神父（si n - pu）：the father ( of the church )
漁夫（gyo - fu）：fisherman
伯父（o ji）：uncle ( older brother of father )
叔父（o ji）：uncle ( younger brother of father )

example) 彼は私の祖父です。[ ka re wa wa ta si no so - fu de su.] He is my grandfather.

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This time, I introduce "祖父"

A grandfather is father of parents.
This fact is repeated, and we live now.

I can understand that ''祖（The ancestors who were piled up of the generation）'' is used.

I thank ancestors.


I introduce ''祖母'' on the next time.


Thank you.
See you next time.

All of us are piece of peace.