祖師

See also: 祖师

Chinese

ancestor; forefather; grandparents
 
a division (milit.); teacher; master
a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (祖師)
simp. (祖师)

Pronunciation


Noun

祖師

  1. founder (of a school of learning, or sect of Buddhism or Taoism); patriarch

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祖師):

Others:

  • Zhuang: cojsae

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

()() • (soshi) そし (sosi)?

  1. (religion) founder
    Synonym: 開祖 (kaiso)
    浄土教(じょうどきょう)祖師(そし)
    Jōdo-kyō no soshi
    founder of Jōdo-kyō

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

祖師 • (josa) (hangeul 조사)

  1. Hanja form? of 조사 (founder).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

祖師

  1. chữ Hán form of tổ sư (founder; progenitor).
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