noun

  1. originator, pioneer, inventor, founder.
  2. progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
元祖 がんそ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

beginning, former time, origin
ゲン もと ガン (2nd, N4)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
ancestor, pioneer, founder
ソ い (5th, N3)
cult, showing radical (no. 113)
moreover, also, furthermore
か.つ ショ ソ (9th, N1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)