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孫

简孙 · 繁孫

Mandarin · pinyin sūn#

grandson
descendant

Mandarin · pinyin Sūn#

surname Sun

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孫: Look up this written character
孙: sūn · grandchild, descendent; surname

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1 · sun1

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seon3 · syun1

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character

grandchild (Classifier: 個／个 c; 粒 c)
(literary or dialectal) grandson (Classifier: 個／个 c; 粒 c)
(chiefly Min) fraternal nephew
descendant
a surname, listed third in the Baijiaxing
a transliteration of the English patronymic son

character

(literary) alternative form of 遜 /逊 (xùn)

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