孫

まご · mago · JLPT N3 · noun

grandchild

👶 孫 = 子 child + 系 lineage: the child who carries the family line on

子 means child and 系 (written in a squeezed form on the right) means thread or lineage. A grandchild is the child one more step along the family thread. For the reading まご (mago), a hook: the line goes on, ma-go-on.

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