# 祖 U+7956 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7956

A Chinese character meaning “ancestor, forefather; grandfather”, read zǔ in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `祖` |
| Codepoint | U+7956 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7956 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `祖` `祖` |
| CSS | `\7956` |
| JavaScript | `\u7956` |
| UTF-8 | E7 A5 96 |
| UTF-16 | 7956 |
| Definition | ancestor, forefather; grandfather |
| Mandarin | zǔ |
| Cantonese | zou2 |
| Japanese | SO JIJI HAJIME |
| Korean | CO |

## Related characters

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- 祔 [U+7954 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7954](https://unicodekit.com/char/7954)
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- 祙 [U+7959 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7959](https://unicodekit.com/char/7959)
- 祒 [U+7952 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7952](https://unicodekit.com/char/7952)
- 祚 [U+795A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-795A](https://unicodekit.com/char/795A)
- 祑 [U+7951 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7951](https://unicodekit.com/char/7951)
- 祛 [U+795B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-795B](https://unicodekit.com/char/795B)
- 祐 [U+7950 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7950](https://unicodekit.com/char/7950)
- 祜 [U+795C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-795C](https://unicodekit.com/char/795C)

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