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Hiragana - pronunciation and writing
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Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
Vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
 
Kanji Grade 5 - 祖

Kanji character Grade 5 祖. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 5 - 祖
About
ancestor, pioneer, founder
On: ソ
9 strokes
Radical: sign 示 (礻)
Parts: 一 礼 目
 
Onyomi
祖 【ソ】 ancestor, forefather, progenitor, originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, grandfather
祖国 【ソコク】 motherland, fatherland, native country
元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
教祖 【キョウソ】 founder of a religious sect
 
Kunyomi
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