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開祖

21 strokes in total

📖 English Meaning

founder, instigator, artificer, trailblazer

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Hiragana:

かいそ

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Romaji:

kaiso

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Character Meanings

開 open; initiate, begin, start

祖 ancestor, forefather; grandfather

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