Moto 孫: Grandchild; DescendantsKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ソン
- Kun'yomi
- まご
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 49 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ソン)
- 子孫しそんdescendant; posterity
- 仍孫じょうそんseventh-generation descendant; great-great-great-great-great-grandchild
- 令孫れいそんyour grandchild
- 児孫じそんchildren and grandchildren; descendants
- 内孫ないそんchild of one's heir
- 外孫がいそんgrandchild from a daughter married into another family
- 天孫てんそんdescendant of a god; heavenly grandson
- 天孫降臨てんそんこうりんthe descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess
- 姪孫てっそんgrandniece; grandnephew
- 嫡孫ちゃくそんeldest son's descendants
- 子子孫孫ししそんそんone's descendants; one's offspring
- 子孫代代しそんだいだいgeneration after generation; (for) generations to come
- 子孫構造体しそんこうぞうたいdescendant structure
- 子孫繁栄しそんはんえいperpetuation of one's descendants
- 孫子の兵法そんしのへいほうThe Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE)
- 孫文主義そんぶんしゅぎ(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People
- 愛孫あいそんone's beloved grandchild
- 昆孫こんそんsixth-generation descendant; great-great-great-great-grandchild
- 末孫まっそんdescendant
- 来孫らいそんfifth-generation descendant; great-great-great-grandchild
- 玄孫げんそんgreat-great-grandchild; fourth-generation descendant
- 王孫おうそんroyal grandson
- 皇太孫こうたいそんeldest grandson of an Emperor in the line of descent
- 皇孫こうそんimperial grandchild or descendant
- 雲孫うんそんeighth-generation descendant; great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchild
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 孫まごgrandchild
- 初孫ういまごfirst grandchild
- 孫娘まごむすめgranddaughter
- 孫子まごこchildren and grandchildren; posterity
- お孫さんおまごさんgrandchild
- ひ孫ひまごgreat-grandchild
- 孫さんまごさんgrandchild
- 孫の手まごのてbackscratcher
- 孫会社まごがいしゃsubsidiary of a subsidiary; sub-subsidiary
- 孫太郎虫まごたろうむしhellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis)
- 孫局まごきょく(computer) sub-node; sub-station
- 孫引きまごびきcitation at second remove; second hand citation
- 孫弟子まごでしdisciples of one's disciples
- 孫芋まごいもtertiary taro corm; taro cormlet
- 孫請けまごうけsub-sub contractor
- 御孫さんおまごさんgrandchild
Other readings
- 曽孫ひまごgreat-grandchild
- 公孫樹いちょうginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko
- 子々孫々ししそんそんone's descendants; one's offspring
- 子孫代々しそんだいだいgeneration after generation; (for) generations to come
- 孫息子まごむすこgrandson
- 曾孫ひまごgreat-grandchild
- 皇御孫すめみまgrandchild of Amaterasu (i.e. Ninigi no Mikoto)
- 胡孫眼さるのこしかけpolypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)
Kanji that often appear with 孫
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