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孫
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
孙
🇨🇳

grandchild

HSK 10 N2
Human →Relations →Family
sūn
ソン
まご
손
Semantic compound of "child" (子) and "relation" (系).
Components
Traditional (孫)
子 child+ 系 lineage =
孫 grandchild
子 Meaning component
zi child
offspring, child
系 Meaning component
xì lineage
system
Simplified (孙)
子 child+ 小 small =
孙 grandchild
子 Meaning component
zi child
offspring, child
小 Meaning component
xiǎo small
small, tiny, insignificant
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Seal
Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
孙
Regular
Modern
Chinese
孙 / 孫 [Sūn]
surname Sun
孙 / 孫 [sūn]
grandson; descendant
Japanese
孫 まご 同音
noun grandchild
孫 そん 同音

noun

  1. rare descendant (usu. of a certain generation)
  2. archaic lineage; pedigree
  3. archaic grandchild
Korean
손 [孫]
Affix
-son; A suffix used to mean a descendent.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その後は、多くの者が老人ホームで暮らすが、そこには子供とか孫が訪ねていくことが出来る。
After that, many live in special homes for the aged where their children and grandchildren can come to visit them.
Japanese Names
孫 いく
Iku unclassified name
孫 すん
Sun surname
孫 そん
Son surnamegiven name
孫 どうそん
Douson given name
孫 まご
Mago surname
孫 まごさき
Magosaki surname
孫 ゆずる
Yuzuru given name
CHINESE WORDS (68)
孙子 [Sūn​zǐ] #3,773
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sūn​Wǔ] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn​zǐ​Bīng​fǎ], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wǔ​jīng​Qī​shū]
孙女 [sūn​nǚ] #7,485
son's daughter
子孙 [zǐ​sūn] #14,613
offspring
孙中山 [Sūn​Zhōng​shān] #10,688
Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党
外孙 [wài​sūn] #14,281
daughter's son
孙继海 [Sūn​Jì​hǎi] #14,111
Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008)
外孙女 [wài​sūn​nǚ] #17,416
daughter's daughter
孙悟空 [Sūn​Wù​kōng] #54,757
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xī​yóu​Jì]
长孙 [Zhǎng​sūn] #16,889
two-character surname Zhangsun
公孙 [Gōng​sūn] #17,150
two-character surname Gongsun
58 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (45)
⭐ 子孫 [しそん] #7,635
descendant
⭐ 孫娘 [まごむすめ] #14,953
granddaughter
お孫さん [おまごさん] #22,244
grandchild
ひ孫 [ひまご] #45,498
great-grandchild
孫子 [まごこ] #53,191
children and grandchildren
子々孫々 [ししそんそん] #54,646
one's descendants
初孫 [ういまご] #55,867
first grandchild
子孫繁栄 [しそんはんえい] #64,327
perpetuation of one's descendants
孫の手 [まごのて] #73,879
backscratcher
孫弟子 [まごでし] #89,326
disciples of one's disciples
35 more items
KOREAN WORDS (10)
손자 #13,962
grandson
손녀 #33,508
granddaughter
왕손
royal grandson
외손녀
granddaughter
외손자
grandson
자손
sons and grandsons
자자손손
descendants; posterity
장손
eldest grandson
증손
great-grandchild; great-grandson
증손녀
great-grandchild; great-granddaughter