孫
孫 — Grandchild
grandchild, descendants
On’yomiソン (son)
Kun’yomiまご (mago)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 孫
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孫 | まご mago | grandchild |
| 子孫 | しそん shison | descendant; progeny; offspring |
| 孫娘 | まごむすめ magomusume | granddaughter |
| 孫子 | まごこ magoko | children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants |
| 初孫 | ういまご uimago | first grandchild |
| 曽孫 | ひまご himago | great-grandchild |
Study notes
孫 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1388 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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