玄げん孫そん

also: やしゃご

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

noun

great-great-grandchild; fourth-generation descendant

Refers to the child of one's great-grandchild (four generations down). The reading げんそん is formal; やしゃご is the common colloquial reading.

彼かれは私わたしの玄げん孫そんです。
He is my great-great-grandchild.
やしゃごの顔かおを見みるのが楽たのしみだ。
I'm looking forward to seeing my great-great-grandchild's face.

Kanji

玄mysterious, occultness, black
孫grandchild, descendants

Related words

曾そう孫そん
曾孫 (そうそん) means great-grandchild (three generations down), one generation closer than 玄孫.
孫まご
孫 (まご) means grandchild (two generations down), a more common term.

Written forms

玄孫Usage100%
- げんそん
  Standard kanji spelling for the formal reading げんそん.
- やしゃご
やしゃご
Common kana spelling for the colloquial reading やしゃご. Often used in everyday speech.

Etymology

The kanji 玄 means 'deep' or 'profound', and 孫 means 'grandchild'. Together they indicate a descendant far down the family line. The reading やしゃご is a native Japanese word, while げんそん is the Sino-Japanese reading.