Chinese

Noun

先祖

1. deceased grandfather
2. ancestor

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) せ​んぞ [séꜜǹzò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nzo̞]

Noun

先祖 ‎(hiragana せんぞ, romaji senzo)

1. ancestor

Synonyms

• 祖先 (そせん) ‎(sosen)

Antonyms

• 子孫 (しそん) ‎(shison): descendant, scion

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3