孙(sūn)

HSK 46 strokesTrad. 孫
Readingssūnxùn

surname Sun

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Character information

Pinyin
sūn / xùn
Meaning
surname Sun
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
孫

Origin & structure

Where 孙 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰子小

Simplified form of 孫; a chain 系 of descent 子

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

子zǐ小xiǎo

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 孫: A chain 系 of descent 子

How to write 孙 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 孙

Common words using 孙 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

sūn孙nǚ女
HSK 4

son's daughter

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sūn孙zi子
HSK 4

Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), gener…

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zǐ子sūn孙
HSK 7-9

offspring

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ér儿sūn孙

descendant

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gōng公sūn孙

two-character surname Gongsun

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cān参sūn孙

Samson, biblical figure in the Book of Judges known for his strength and fe…

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yà亚mǎ马sūn孙

Amazon

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míng名luò落sūn孙shān山

lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孙山 (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)

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丈与严临之乎亚企

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女子儿公参亚马名

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