Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 祖

祖

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Meaning

 ancestor

Pronunciation

 SO

Explanation

 Left: altar, to show 示/礻, right: besides/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.) - Here 且 as three coffins piled over each others seen from the end.

Mnemonic

At the altar the coffins are piled: of our ancestors.

Radicals

礻 to show, altar(The radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.)
且 pile of stones, besides
亡 death(Picture of a coffin in cross section view)
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Vocabulary

祖 そ ancestor, forefather
祖母 そぼ grandmother
祖父 そふ grandfather
祖父母 そふぼ grandparents
先祖 せんぞ ancestor
祖先 そせん ancestor

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