Word details

祖先

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 祖先.

Dictionary

Entry

祖先せんNounFreq #14744
1

ancestor

Examples
私たちは祖先をうやまうべきだ。
We should worship our ancestors.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

ancestor, pioneer, founder

9 strokesFrequency 1,226JLPT N2Grade 5

On

Nanori

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

6 strokesFrequency 173JLPT N4Grade 1

On

セン

Kun

さきま.ず

Nanori

ぽん

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