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孫

grandchild
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingソン
Kun readingまご
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. grandchildRtK
  2. descendants

Popular Usage

子孫

Radicals and components

Radical子child
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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child (子) · lineage · drop (丶) · thread (糸) · spiderman

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1494

Compound words

子孫しそん
descendant; progeny; offspring
孫娘まごむすめ
granddaughter
外孫そとまご
grandchild through a daughter
玄孫げんそん
great-great-grandchild
児孫じそん
children and grandchildren
曾孫ひまご
great-grandchild
曽孫ひまご
great-grandchild
嫡孫ちゃくそん
eldest son's descendants
内孫うちまご
grandchild through an heir
末孫ばっそん
descendant
姪孫てっそん
grandniece
仍孫じょうそん
seventh-generation descendant
公孫樹いちょう
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
孫引きまごびき
citation at second remove
孫息子まごむすこ
grandson
お孫さんおまごさん
grandchild
御孫さんおまごさん
grandchild
孫むすめまごむすめ
granddaughter
孫文主義そんぶんしゅぎ
(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People

On Reading Examples

世界的に過大に評価された中国書といえば、『孫子』ですかね。そんし
When it comes to Chinese books that are overvalued worldwide I suppose it's Sun Tzu, isn't it?tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は孫達に囲まれて座っていました。
He sat surrounded by his grandchildren.tatoeba
彼は孫への愛におぼれている。
He dotes on his grandson.tatoeba
彼は孫と一緒のときが一番楽しそうだ。
He is happiest when he is with his grandchildren.tatoeba
彼はひ孫を見るまで生きた。
He lived to see great-grandchildren.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 孫

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step