Japanese symbol for “grandchild”
孫
まご
Romaji: mago
grandchild
In Japanese, grandchild is 孫, read まご (mago).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n grandchild
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “grandchild”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| お孫さん | おまごさん omagosan | grandchild |
| 孫さん | まごさん magosan | grandchild |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 子孫 | しそん shison | descendant; progeny; offspring |
| 孫娘 | まごむすめ magomusume | granddaughter |
| 孫子 | まごこ magoko | children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants |
| 孫悟空 | そんごくう songokuu | Sun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West); Monkey King |
| 初孫 | ういまご uimago | first grandchild |
| ひ孫 | ひまご himago | great-grandchild |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.