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sūn
1. grandson
2. descendant
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

Compound Words (20)

重孙
chóngsūn
great-grandson
孙坚
SūnJiān
Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms
玄孙
xuánsūn
great-great-grandson
孙女
sūnnǚ
son's daughter
外孙
wàisūn
daughter's son
长孙
Zhǎngsūn
two-character surname Zhangsun
曾孙
zēngsūn
great-grandson
孙子
Sūnzǐ
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>]]
HSK 4
孙子
sūnzi
grandson
HSK 4
孙犁
SūnLí
Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist
孙武
SūnWǔ
Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu [[孫子|孙子<Sūnzǐ>]] (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>]]
公孙
Gōngsūn
two-character surname Gongsun
孙悦
SūnYuè
Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star
孙诛
SūnZhū
Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three hundred Tang dynasty poems [[唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首<Tángshīsānbǎishǒu>]]
孙权
SūnQuán
Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu [[吳|吴]] in the Three Kingdoms period
侄孙
zhísūn
grandnephew
长孙
zhǎngsūn
eldest grandson
孙膑
SūnBìn
Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy [[縱橫家|纵横家<Zònghéngjiā>]] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
子孙
zǐsūn
offspring
孙策
SūnCè
Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty

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Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
994
Word Frequency Rank
2,437 of 84,292