Friday, November 15, 2013

What are the "nine kindred" (九族 - 구족)?

The "Nine Kindred" (九族 - 구족)
  1. great-great-grandfather (高祖 - 고조)
  2. great grandfather (曾祖 - 증조)
  3. grandfather (祖父 - 조부)
  4. father (父 - 부 / 父親 - 부친)
  5. oneself (自身 - 자신)
  6. son (子 - 자)
  7. grandson (孫子 - 손자)
  8. great-grandson (曾孫 - 증손)
  9. great-great-grandson (元孫 - 원손 / 玄孫 - 현손)
祖孫 (조손) means "grandfather (祖) and grandson (孫) ."
上 (上) means "before," and 祖上 (조상) means "ancestors."
先 (선) also means "before, and 先祖 (선조) and 祖先 (조선) also mean "ancestors."
後 (후) means "after," and 後孫 (후손) means "descendants."

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