孫

音読おんよみ: ソン

訓読くんよみ: まご

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: こ(子)

Meaning

Grandchild / Descendant / Posterity

  • 子孫しそん — descendants
  • 内孫うちまご — grandchild from a son
  • 孫娘まごむすめ — granddaughter

孫 combines the idea of “child” (子) with elements of lineage, pointing to one’s descendants. The most familiar usage is まご, but in compounds the on-yomi ソン is common (子孫, 外孫).

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