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孫

孫 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. まご

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「子」+「糸」。「まご」を意味する漢語、{孫｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

grandchild, descendants

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソンElem.
Kun (native)
  • まごElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • ひ
Other languages
  • 拼音sun1
  • 한글son
  • Hán-ViệtTôn
  • Hán-ViệtTốn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
宀(うかんむり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5B6B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰子系

Words using this kanji

  • 孫まごまご。子の子。（対義語:祖父、祖母）子-孫-曽孫-玄孫-来孫-昆孫-仍孫-雲孫の順 子の系列。子孫（対義語:祖先）grandchild
  • 孫娘まごむすめgranddaughter
  • 孫子まごこと。孫または子。 後世の子孫。 古代中国の呉の軍略家・（そんぶ）の敬称。children and grandchildren, posterity, descendants
  • 孫そんまご。子の子。（対義語:祖父、祖母）子-孫-曽孫-玄孫-来孫-昆孫-仍孫-雲孫の順 子の系列。子孫（対義語:祖先）descendant (usu. of a certain generation), lineage, pedigree, grandchild
  • 孫局まごきょく(computer) sub-node, sub-station
  • 孫子そんしと。孫または子。 後世の子孫。 古代中国の呉の軍略家・（そんぶ）の敬称。Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist; 544?-496 BCE), The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; ca. 5th century BCE), Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
  • 孫芋まごいもtertiary taro corm, taro cormlet
  • 孫引きまごびきcitation at second remove, second hand citation
  • 孫息子まごむすこまごむすこを参照。grandson
  • 孫の手まごのてbackscratcher
  • 孫弟子まごでし弟子が師匠になった場合において、更にその弟子のこと。disciples of one's disciples
  • 孫さんまごさんgrandchild
  • 孫請けまごうけsub-sub contractor
  • 孫会社まごがいしゃsubsidiary of a subsidiary, sub-subsidiary, second-tier subsidiary
  • 孫悟空そんごくうSun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West), Monkey King, Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
  • 孫文主義そんぶんしゅぎ(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People
  • 孫太郎虫まごたろうむしhellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis)
  • 孫子の兵法そんしのへいほうThe Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; ca. 5th century BCE)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-7
Four Corner
1249.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2c7.1
Heisig
1494
Nelson
1273