孙
grandson; descendant
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,092 U+5B59
How 孙 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Simplified form of 孫; a chain 系 of descent 子
How to remember it
grandchild · Heisig RSH #112
子 child + 小 small
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 孙 as their sound component
These characters all use 孙 (sūn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孙 sound component | sūn | grandchild, descendent; surname |
| 逊 | xùn | humble, modest; to yield |
| 狲 | sūn | monkey |
| 荪 | sūn | aromatic grass; flower, iris |
Words containing 孙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孙子定理 | Sūn zi dìng lǐ | the Chinese remainder theorem |
| 亚马孙河 | Yà mǎ sūn Hé | Amazon River |
| 外孙女儿 | wài sūn nǚ r | granddaughter (one's daughter's daughter) |
| 孙中山 | Sūn Zhōng shān | Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the… |
| 名落孙山 | míng luò Sūn Shān | lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination)… |
| 儿孙自有儿孙福 | ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú | younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom) |
| 孙子兵法 | Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ | “Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 … |
| 外孙子 | wài sūn zi | (coll.) daughter's son; grandson |
| 亚马孙 | Yà mǎ sūn | Amazon |
| 重孙子 | chóng sūn zi | great-grandson |
| 孙行者 | Sūn xíng zhě | Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1], the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in… |
| 公孙龙 | Gōng sūn Lóng | Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring St… |
| 孙女儿 | sūn nǚ r | granddaughter (son's daughter) |
| 公孙起 | Gōng sūn Qǐ | Gongsun Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC; same as … |
| 外孙女 | wài sūn nǚ | daughter's daughter; granddaughter |
| 孙武子 | Sūn Wǔ zǐ | Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔… |
| 重孙女 | chóng sūn nǚ | great-granddaughter |
| 孙大圣 | Sūn dà shèng | Great-Sage Sun; Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] |
| 炎黄子孙 | Yán Huáng zǐ sūn | descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) |
| 乌孙国 | Wū sūn guó | Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD) |