せん
だい
だい

noun, takes genitive case の

Messages.yoji.
  1. ancestral, hereditary, generation after generation, passing from father to son.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
せん
だい
だい
先祖代代 せんぞだいだい
せん
だい
だい
先祖代々 せんぞだいだい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

before, ahead, previous
セン さき ま.ず (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)
substitute, change, convert
ダイ か.わる よ (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)