太祖 tàizǔ founding emperor Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents tàizǔ founding emperor 太 tài affix [senior/supreme] (bound form) highest; supreme; greatest; used to refer to people of the highest rank or seniority祖 zǔ founder (bound form) the founder or originator of a school of thought, religion, or crafttàizǔ earliest ancestor 太 tài affix [senior/supreme] (bound form) highest; supreme; greatest; used to refer to people of the highest rank or seniority祖 zǔ noun ancestor (bound form) ancestors; forefathers; people of previous generationstàizǔ primal source 太 tài [remote past] (bound form) most ancient; remote past; primordial; remote; as in 太古 tàigǔ or 太初 tàichū祖 zǔ founder (bound form) the founder or originator of a school of thought, religion, or craft