# 祖 ancestor

ネ (NEcrophilia) + (Abe Lincoln's Hat) Same-ON
★☆☆☆☆
9 strokes
The Jukugo for this are AMAZING: two words, Spoonerized!!

## Onyomi

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## Mnemonic

| I do necrophilia with Abe Lincoln because he's my favorite ancestor.

## Jukugo

先祖(せんぞ) | one's family ancestors ★★☆☆☆ 先 (earlier/ the tip) + 祖 (ancestor) = 先祖 (one's family ancestors) one's own personal ancestors. Ancestor worship.
祖先(そせん) | far-away ancestor ☆☆☆☆☆ 祖 (ancestor) + 先 (earlier/ the tip) = 祖先 (far-away ancestor) includes the meaning of 先祖, but it's more broad. 祖先 can also refer to ancestors dating back to monkeys, fish, germs, etc. "The two words/phyla of fish/languages share a common ancestor."

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
組 | one's team | STRING | 糸
祖 | ancestor | NECROPHILIA | ネ
相 | partner | TREE | 木
粗 | rough texture / bad quality | RICE | 米
阻 | hamper | TOWN |

Team spirit is the STRING that binds us into a unit.

We do NECROPHILIA with our ancestors.

The TREE is our partner in the oxygen/co2 cycle.

My RICE is bad quality so everyone in TOWN hampered me from selling it!

## Synonyms

ancestor 先祖 祖先