sūn

grandchild

Semantic compound of "child" () and "relation" ().

Components
子 meaning component

  Meaning component

zi

  

child

系 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

system

Evolution

孫 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
孫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

sūn

grandchild, descendent; surname; grandson; descendant

() 

Sūn

surname Sun

Most common words with 孫
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 2 characters (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]ˤu[n]

swon

sūn

grandchild; descendant


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 11.0524% of movies

1819th most common character in movies

995th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

Unicode

U+5B6B

Shuowen

“孫,子之子曰孫。从子,从系。系,續也。”


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