Sun (孫)
A Taiwanese surname.
孫 Sun
- Zhuyin
- ㄙㄨㄣ
- Pinyin
- sūn
- Wade-Giles
- Sun
- Further spellings of 孫
- Suen
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Sun
- Hakka (Sixian)
- sun²⁴
- Rank in Taiwan
- 49th most common surname, roughly 0.36% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
'Grandchild': the child of one's son or daughter.
Where the surname comes from
Several early lines are on record: one from the house of Chen, which includes the strategist Sun Wu (孫武); one from Sun Shu'ao (孫叔敖) of Chu; and one from Sun Wenzi (孫文子) of the state of Wey. Hall name (堂號): 樂安堂.
Saying it 我姓孫 — wǒ xìng sūn (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄨㄣ), "my family name is 孫"
Sources: rank and share, 內政部 全國姓名統計分析 (Ministry of the Interior, National Name Statistics), data as of 2023-06-30. Taiwanese Hokkien readings, 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi), 百家姓 appendix. Hakka, 教育部臺灣客語辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka), 百家姓表, Sixian (四縣腔).