Onyomi: ソン · Kunyomi: まご · Meanings: descendants, grandchild
Kanji for descendants, grandchild
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孫 is formed from the child radical 子 on the left and the character 系 on the right. 子 represents a child, while 系 represents connection, line, or lineage. Together, they show a child connected through a family line. From this structure, 孫 came to mean grandchild or descendant.
孫 shows a child connected through lineage, meaning grandchild.
Think of a child (子) who is connected by family ties (系) to the previous generation. That child in the family line is 孫, a grandchild.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 孫 | まご | grandchild | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 孫 | そん | descendant (usu. of a certain generation) | Noun |
| 孫娘 | まごむすめ | granddaughter | Noun |
| 孫子 | まごこ | children and grandchildren, posterity, descendants | Noun |
| 孫子 | そんし | Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist; 544?-496 BCE) | Noun |
| 孫の手 | まごのて | backscratcher | Noun |
| 孫太郎虫 | まごたろうむし | hellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis) | Noun |
| 孫子の兵法 | そんしのへいほう | The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE) | Noun |
| 孫会社 | まごがいしゃ | subsidiary of a subsidiary, sub-subsidiary, second-tier subsidiary | Noun |
| 孫さん | まごさん | grandchild | Noun |