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Kanji Detail for 孫 - "grandchild, descendant, posterity"

孫

  • Meaning

    孫 means "grandchild, descendant, posterity."

    1. Grandchild - A child of one's child.

    2. Descendant - One who comes after.

    3. Posterity - Future generations.

  • Words using 孫

    • 子孫 しそん Listen descendant; progeny; offspring

  • Four-character idioms with 孫

    • 天孫降臨 てんそんこうりん Listen the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess

  • Tattoo check: 孫

    • Verified meaning: grandchild, descendant, posterity
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いく, すん, そん, どうそん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 孫

    Given names 孫(そん)Listen 孫(どうそん)Listen 孫(ゆずる)Listen

    Surnames 孫(いく)Listen 孫(すん)Listen 孫(まご)Listen 孫(まごさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    grandchild; descendants

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    grandchild, descendent; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Sun

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    grandchild, descendent; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A child's child. | Things regenerating are also called 孫. Such as rice growing again is called 稻孫. | Same as 遜. Humble. (Analects) "Expressing it with humility."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    son(ソン) ソン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mago(まご) まご

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    子 (ko・kohen・kodomo・kodomohen)

  • Related Keywords

    grandchild descendant posterity humble sprout generation heir junior lineage progeny scion successor youth

Sentences including 孫

  • He lived to see great grandchildren.

  • Being with her grandson always makes her happy.

More kanji with the radical 子 (ko・kohen・kodomo・kodomohen)

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