Entry
  1. Noun

    great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

    曾祖父の代から東京に住んでいます。
    My family came to live in Tokyo in my great-grandfather's time.

Also written 曾祖父【そうそふ】

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Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

formerly, once, before, ever, never, ex-

Kun
かつかつてすなわち
On
ソウゾウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
1320 of 2500
Radical
say

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-2-9SKIP code
2o9.3The Kanji Dictionary
8060.6Four corner code
66fdUnicode hex code
1-33-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2464New Nelson (John Haig)
2632Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1823Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
501Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
540Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1482A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1477Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
513Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ceng2, zeng1Pinyin reading
jeungKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ancestor, pioneer, founder

On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1226 of 2500
Radical
spirit
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-5SKIP code
4e5.4The Kanji Dictionary
3721.0Four corner code
673deroo
7956Unicode hex code
1-33-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3243Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4083New Nelson (John Haig)
914New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1145Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
617Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
823Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1779Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1918Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1325A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
850Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
540Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24664PMorohashi
736A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
622Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
632Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
657sakade
772Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
758henshall3
701Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
824Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1423Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1795Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zu3Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

father

Kun
ちち
On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
646 of 2500
Radical
father
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-2SKIP code
2o2.3The Kanji Dictionary
8040.0Four corner code
2066deroo
7236Unicode hex code
1-41-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2832Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3516New Nelson (John Haig)
1973New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2467Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1248Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1714Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1274Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1366Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
742A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
65Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
90Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19721Morohashi
197A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
113Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
113Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131sakade
70Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
216henshall3
100Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
226crowley
73Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
1286Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1282Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu4, fu3Pinyin reading
bu, boKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level