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Pronunciation

Mandarin	sūn
Cantonese (Jyutping)	syun1
反切 Fanqie	思魂切
Japanese Kun	mago
Japanese On	son
Korean (Hangul)	손
Korean (Yale)	son
Vietnamese	tôn

Meaning

Definition

grandchild, descendent; surname

Character Rank

Traditional	1407
Hong Kong Grade Level	3

Common Words With This Character  

孫子	sūnzi	grandson; son's son
孫女	sūnnǚ	son's daughter; granddaughter
子孫	zǐsūn	offspring; posterity
孫子	sūnzǐ	Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書
孫中山	sūn zhōngshān	Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨; same as 孫逸仙
孫繼海	sūn jì hǎi	Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008)

Related Characters

Kangxi Radical	子 (#39:child)
Shuowen Radical	系
Simplified Script	孙
Same Structure & Phonetic Component	(Sign-in required)

Computer Encoding

Unicode	U+5B6B
Big 5	AE5D

Input Method Codes

Cangjie	ndhvf
Four Corner	1249.3
WuBi 86	btxi
WuBi 98	btxi