| 458 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 565 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 538 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1356 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1273 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 644 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 457 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1540 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 910 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 932 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 448 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 463 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 492 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 305 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 370 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1405 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6987 | Morohashi |
| 410 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1296 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1393 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1494 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 551 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1388 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 孫 【ソン】 descendant (usu. of a certain generation), lineage, pedigree, grandchild
- 孫悟空 【ソンゴクウ】 Sun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West), Monkey King, Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
- 愛孫 【アイソン】 one's beloved grandchild
- 外孫 【ガイソン】 grandchild from a daughter married into another family
Kun reading compounds
- 孫 【まご】 grandchild
- 孫子 【まごこ】 children and grandchildren, posterity, descendants
- 初孫 【ういまご】 first grandchild
- 内孫 【ないそん】 child of one's heir
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひ
- Korean:
- son
Spanish
- nieto
- descendientes
Portuguese
- neto
- descendentes
French
- petits-enfants
- descendants
| 3541 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 1249.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b6b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1273 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 祥 【ショウ】 omen (usu. good), (auspicious) sign, first two anniversaries of a person's death
- 祥雲 【ショウウン】 auspicious cloud
- 瑞祥 【ズイショウ】 auspicious sign, good omen
- 清祥 【セイショウ】 happiness and health
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 さか、 さち、 ひろ、 まさ、 やす、 ゆき、 よし、 あきら、 さき、 さむ、 ただ、 なか、 なが
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- suerte
- buen augurio
Portuguese
- auspicioso
- felicidade
- bons auspícios
French
- bon présage
- prometteur
- bonheur
| 1398 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1549 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3246 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1562 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1578 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1074 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1576 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1682 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1542 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1424 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1184 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 644 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 855 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1097 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24689P | Morohashi |
| 948 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4090 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1088 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1169 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1373 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 655 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4e6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 3825.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7965 | Unicode hex code |