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HSK
father's father / paternal grandfather
HSK 6
motherland
HSK 6
father's mother; paternal grandmother
HSK 6
former residence / one's original home
passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation
HSK 7-9
paternal grandparents
ancestors; forebears / (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
HSK 7-9
ancestor / forebear
HSK 7-9
ancestral hometown / original domicile (and civil registration)
HSK 7-9
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
for generations / from generation to generation
emerald
Zulu
ancestry / lineage / pedigree / also written 祖係|祖系
Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician
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  *祖* | 祖* | *祖
surname Zu
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *祖* | 祖* | *祖
ancestor / forefather / grandparents
Zuma (name) / Jacob Zuma (1942-), South African ANC politician, vice-president 1999-2005, president 2009-2018
people of one's grandparents' generation
proto-language / parent language (linguistics)
dinosaur ancestor of birds
ancestral tomb
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
Zulu people
dinosaur ancestors of birds
ancestral tomb
ancestral house
shrine dedicated to one's ancestors
ancestors / forefathers / ancestry
Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (North Korean)
father's father's sister / great aunt
ancestral house


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