孫

音読おんよみ: ソン

訓読くんよみ: まご

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 子(こへん)

Meaning

grandchild, descendant — Refers to one’s children’s children or later generations of the family line.


  • まご — grandchild
  • 子孫しそん — descendants
  • 外孫がいそん — grandchild from a daughter
  • 王孫おうそん — royal descendant

This kanji combines “子” (child) and “系” (lineage or connection), representing a child who continues the family line — a grandchild or descendant. The reading “まご” is used most often in daily life.

まご一緒いっしょあそびました。
I played with my grandchild.

かれ有名ゆうめい武士ぶし子孫しそんです。
He is a descendant of a famous samurai.

🎧 “まご” is the most commonly used reading for this kanji in modern Japanese. The on-yomi “ソン” appears in compound words like 子孫.

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