祖先 zǔxiān Ancestors

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Stroke order

祖先 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

祖先 — the Chinese character for Ancestors (zǔxiān), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 祖先 — Ancestors

祖 — 9 strokes
先 — 6 strokes

Senses

ancestors; forebears
(biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved

Characters in 祖先

祖 zǔ — ancestor; forefather; grandparents
先 xiān — beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

祖先 is pronounced zǔxiān and means “Ancestors”.

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