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孙

sūn

grandchild, descendent; surname

💡 Ideographic: Simplified form of 孫; a chain 系 of descent 子

HSK 4 6 strokes Very Common (10%)

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Component Breakdown

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子

son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

小

xiǎo

small, tiny, insignificant

⿰子小 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

子

son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

📷 Pictographic: A child in a wrap, with outstretched arms but bundled legs

3 strokes HSK 1

了

clear; to finish; particle of completed action

📷 Pictographic: A child swaddled in blanklets; compare 子

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 孙 (67)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu [[孫武|孙武<SūnWǔ>]] (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|孙子兵法<SūnzǐBīngfǎ>]], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China [[武經七書|武经七书<WǔjīngQīshū>]]

grandson / descendant

sūn

孙 ↗

grandson / descendant

Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD)

Wūsūnguó

乌孙国 ↗

Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD)

Samson (name) / biblical hero around 1100 BC

Cānsūn

参孙 ↗

Samson (name) / biblical hero around 1100 BC

younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)

érsūnzìyǒuérsūnfú

儿孙自有儿孙福 ↗

younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)

公孙 ↗

Gōngsūn

two-character surname Gongsun

Gōngsūn

公孙 ↗

two-character surname Gongsun

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