始祖

Chinese

begin ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (始祖) 始 祖
simp. #(始祖) 始 祖

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 始 祖
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 詩止切 則古切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕɨX/ /t͡suoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕɨX/ /t͡suoX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕieX/ /t͡soX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕɨX/ /t͡sɔX/
Li
Rong
/ɕiəX/ /t͡soX/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭəX/ /t͡suX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕiX/ /t͡suoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shǐ zǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si2 zou2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 始 祖
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shǐ zǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ syiX › ‹ tsuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥əʔ/ /*[ts]ˁaʔ/
English begin ancestor

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 始 祖
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12291 10398
Phonetic
component
台 且
Rime
group
之 魚
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
始 祖
Old
Chinese
/*hljɯʔ/ /*ʔsaːʔ/

Noun

始祖

  1. (literally) earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor
  2. (figuratively) originator; initiator; creator; founder

Synonyms

  • (earliest ancestor): 鼻祖 (bízǔ), (literary) 先祖 (xiānzǔ)
  • (originator): 鼻祖 (bízǔ)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (始祖):
  • → Japanese: 始祖(しそ) (shiso)
  • → Korean: 시조(始祖) (sijo)
  • → Vietnamese: thuỷ tổ (始祖)

Adjective

始祖

  1. (attributive) primitive; archaeo-

Synonyms

Antonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
始 祖
し
Grade: 3
そ
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
始祖 (kyūjitai)

Noun

始(し)祖(そ) • (shiso) 

  1. founder
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