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祖父

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

祖父 — “grandfather”

祖父 (read そふ) means grandfather. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

そふ

Meaning

grandfather

祖父 in a sentence

祖父そふは今年ことし八十はちじゅう歳さいです。

My grandfather is eighty years old this year.

The kanji in 祖父

祖ancestor
父father

Words that share a kanji with 祖父

祖母そぼ— grandmother
祖先そせん— ancestor, forefather
先祖せんぞ— ancestor, forefather
伯父; 叔父さんおじさん— uncle, middle-aged man
お父さんおとうさん— father (formal)
父ちち— (my) father
父親ちちおや— father
叔父さんおじさん— uncle (younger than one's parent)

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