侄孙
zhí​sūn

grandnephew

侄 zhí nephew Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound. Simplified form of 姪.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

至
至 Sound component
zhì reach

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdiɡ
tjiɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

孙 sūn grandchild Simplified

Simplified form of 孫. A grandchild is a small (小) child (子).

Components

子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child
小
小 MeaningSimplified component
xiǎo small

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

逊荪狲

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

姪 zhí niece Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
至
至 Sound component
zhì reach

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdiːɡ
diɡ

說文解字

兄之女也。从女至聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

孫 sūn grandchild Traditional

Semantic compound of "child" (子) and "relation" (系).

Components

子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child
系
系 Meaning component
xì, xi, jì system

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

遜猻

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartswon[s]ˤu[n] grandchild; descendant

說文解字

《說文》：“孫，子之子曰孫。从子，从系。系，續也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)