sūn

grandchild

Simplified form of . A grandchild is a small () child ().

Components
子 meaning component

  Meaning component

zi

  

child

小 meaning component

  Meaning component

xiǎo

  

small

Evolution

孙 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
孙 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
孙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孙 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
孙 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
孙 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

sūn

grandchild, descendent; surname; grandson; descendant

() 

Sūn

surname Sun

Most common words with 孙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

孙子

grandson

grandson

孙女

son's daughter

子孙

offspring

孙中山

same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 11.0524% of movies

1819th most common character in movies

995th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

Unicode

U+5B59


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