公孙

公孫
Gōngsūn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Gongsun, a two-character surname

Examples

HSK 2
Tā xìng Gōngsūn, bú xìng Sūn.
His surname is Gongsun, not Sun.
HSK 7-9
Wǔxiá xiǎoshuō lǐ de rénwù chángcháng xìng Gōngsūn, Ōuyáng huòzhě Shàngguān.
Characters in wuxia novels often have surnames like Gongsun, Ouyang or Shangguan.

Tips

history
It first meant "grandson of a duke", and descendants of princes took it as their surname. Bearers include the logician 公孙龙, the Han warlord 公孙瓒 and 孟子's disciple 公孙丑; old genealogies even give it as the clan name of 黄帝, the Yellow Emperor.

Stroke Order

公 gōng
孙 sūn