Word Meaning 藩祖

はんそ hanso

藩祖 is read as はんそ (hanso) and means ancestor of a feudal lord.

Meaning

English

ancestor of a feudal lord
founder of a feudal domain

Reading

Kana

はんそ

Romaji

hanso

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 147195 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

藩

はん

han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods)

藩主

はんしゅ

feudal lord

藩士

はんし

retainer of a daimyo

藩知事

はんちじ

governor of a feudal domain (1869-1871)

藩王国

はんおうこく

native state (of pre-independence India)

藩中

はんちゅう

within a (feudal) domain

宗祖

しゅうそ

sect founder

中興の祖

ちゅうこうのそ

restorer of a dynasty

皇祖

おおじのみこと

grandfather of the emperor

皇祖

こうそ

(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire

先祖

せんぞ

ancestor

元祖

がんそ

progenitor