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


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