시조始祖
[ sijo ]
「명사」 Noun
• progenitor; root
The first ancestor of an ethnic group, dynasty, family, etc.
• founder; father
A person who started or invented an academic field, technology, etc.
• origin
The very first thing, which serves as the basis for other things that follow it.
Type:
Sino-Korean
Level:
Intermediate
The hanja from which the word comes
Other meanings of the word 시조
Neighboring words in the dictionary
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