祖先 zǔxiān▶ Leluhur

Stroke order

祖先 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 祖 — 9 strokes
• 先 — 6 strokes

Senses

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

Related words

• 优先pertama
• 先前sebelumnya
• 先进maju
• 原先Asli
• 祖国Tanah air
• 祖父kakek

祖先 is pronounced zǔxiān and means “Leluhur”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 祖先 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.