Word Meaning 祖考

そこう sokou

祖考 is read as そこう (sokou) and means deceased grandfather.

Meaning

English

deceased grandfather
deceased father and grandfather
distant ancestor
forefather

Reading

Kana

そこう

Romaji

sokou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 90900 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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皇祖考

こうそこう

deceased grandfather of the emperor

祖父

そぶ

grandfather

祖母

うば

grandmother

祖先

そせん

ancestor

祖国

そこく

homeland

祖父母

そふぼ

grandparents

祖業

そぎょう

business started by an ancestor

祖国戦争

そこくせんそう

Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)

祖先伝来

そせんでんらい

hereditary

祖先形質共有

そせんけいしつきょうゆう

symplesiomorphy

祖語

そご

protolanguage

祖師西来

そしせいらい

the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China