鼻祖

Traditional form:

鼻祖

Pinyin (reading):

bízǔ

Definitions:

• the earliest ancestor
• originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)

Characters:

• 鼻 - nose; first
• 祖 - ancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname

Traditional characters:

• 鼻 - nose; first
• 祖 - ancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname