Memory phrase for the character: 孙

孙

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Meaning

grandson, descendant

Pronunciation

sūn

Explanation

Left: child 子 (A child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一), right: small 小 (A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body is small)

Mnemonic


 
The child who is the smallest is the grandson.

Radicals

子 childA child with an oversized head 乛, body 亅 and two outstretched arms 一 is seeking support.
小 smallA person with tight arms appears small.




 Vocabulary

孙中山 Sūn Zhōng shān  Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)
孙毓棠 Sūn Yù táng  Sun Yutang (1911-1985), historian and poet, studied in Tokyo, Oxford and Harvard
 


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