Hanja Analyzer
孫

孫 — son

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
손자 손
Romanization
son
English
grandchild, descendent; surname
Mandarin
sūn
Japanese on'yomi
ソン
Japanese kun'yomi
まご
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#1,388 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
子 (39, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+5B6B

Parts that make up 孫

  • 子 아들 자 포대기에 싸인 아기아이와 자식, 작고 어린 것
  • 系 이어맬 계 실을 손으로 이어 쥔 모양잇고 매는 일. ‘계’ 계열의 소리

How 孫 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 孫 as a ideographic compound involving 子, 系.

Korean example words with 孫

  • 무손無孫 Korean gloss: 자손이 없음
  • 손부孫婦 Korean gloss: 손자의 아내
  • 세손世孫 Korean gloss: 왕세자의 맏아들
  • 원손遠孫 Korean gloss: 먼 후세의 자손
  • 종손從孫 Korean gloss: 형이나 아우의 손자
  • 왕손王孫 Korean gloss: 임금의 손자 또는 후손
  • 혈손血孫 Korean gloss: 혈통을 이어 가는 자손
  • 고손孤孫 Korean gloss: 형제가 없는 외톨이 손자
  • 손녀孫女 Korean gloss: 아들의 딸. 또는 딸의 딸
  • 장손長孫 Korean gloss: 한집안에서 맏이가 되는 후손
  • 손자孫子 Korean gloss: 아들의 아들. 또는 딸의 아들
  • 사손祀孫 Korean gloss: 조상의 제사를 맡아 받드는 자손

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 孫

  • 孫まご grandchild
  • 子孫しそん descendant; progeny; offspring
  • 孫娘まごむすめ granddaughter
  • 孫子まごこ children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
  • 初孫ういまご first grandchild
  • 玄孫げんそん great-great-grandchild; fourth-generation descendant
  • 児孫じそん children and grandchildren; descendants
  • 嫡孫ちゃくそん eldest son's descendants
  • 天孫てんそん descendant of a god; heavenly grandson
  • 令孫れいそん your grandchild
  • ひ孫ひまご great-grandchild
  • 内孫ないそん child of one's heir

Characters sharing the phonetic 孫

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “손” in Korean.

Other hanja read “손”

Other hanja with radical 子

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