tài​zǔ

founding emperor

太祖 tài​zǔ
founding emperor
the founding emperor of a dynasty; often used as a posthumous temple name for rulers such as the founders of the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties
earliest ancestor
the earliest known ancestor of a clan or family line
primal source
(literary) the original state or primal source of all things

Frequency

Written text
1.84 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)