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雲孫 (うんそん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

雲うん孫そん

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Meanings

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noun

eighth-generation descendant; great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchild

A formal genealogical term for a descendant eight generations removed; rarely used in everyday conversation.

雲うん孫そんとは、本ほん人にんから数かぞえて8代だい目めの子し孫そんを指さす言こと葉ばだ。
雲孫 is a term that refers to a descendant eight generations down from oneself.

Kanji

雲cloud
孫grandchild, descendants

Similar words

子し孫そん
子孫 is the general term for descendants or offspring, while 雲孫 specifies the exact eighth generation.
玄げん孫そん
玄孫 is the fifth-generation descendant (great-great-great-grandchild), much closer than 雲孫.

Etymology

The term is composed of 雲 (cloud) and 孫 (grandchild). The exact derivation is uncertain; it may reflect the idea of a descendant so distant as to be as remote as a cloud.