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Kanji Detail for 孤 - "orphan, alone, solitary"

孤

  • Meaning

    孤 means "orphan, alone, solitary."

    1. Orphan - A child who lost a father or both parents.

    2. Alone - Single; solitary; without help.

    3. To betray - To disappoint goodwill or expectations.

    4. Humble term - A humble term used by kings or lords.

  • Words using 孤

    • 孤立 こりつ Listen isolation; being alone; being friendless
    • 孤独 こどく Listen solitude; loneliness; isolation
    • 孤児院 こじいん Listen orphanage

  • Four-character idioms with 孤

    • 孤軍奮闘 こぐんふんとう Listen fighting alone
    • 天涯孤独 てんがいこどく Listen a person without a single relative
    • 孤城落日 こじょうらくじつ Listen feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
    • 孤影悄然 こえいしょうぜん Listen alone and dejected; lonely and downhearted; lonely and crestfallen
    • 孤立無援 こりつむえん Listen isolated and helpless; alone and unassisted
    • 狷介孤高 けんかいここう Listen stubborn and aloof

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    • Verified meaning: orphan, alone, solitary
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こ, こざき, さちお, さちひこ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 孤

    Surnames 孤(こ)Listen 孤(こざき)Listen 孤(さちお)Listen 孤(さちひこ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    orphan; alone

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    orphan, fatherless; solitary

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    lone; lonely

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    orphaned; alone, lonely, solidary

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Young and fatherless. Now, all fatherless children are called 孤. Such as obituaries referring to 孤子. | Being alone is called 孤. Such as 孤立無助 (standing alone without help), 孤軍深入 (an isolated army penetrating deep). Also, narrow knowledge is called 孤陋; eccentric temperament is called 孤僻. All meaning not being like others. | Things standing alone are also called 孤. Such as 孤山 (solitary mountain), 孤樹 (lone tree). | An ancient official title. Below the Three Dukes were the Three 孤: Junior Tutor, Junior Preceptor, Junior Guardian. | A humble term for kings and lords. Rulers of small states called themselves 孤. Feudal lords in mourning called themselves 嫡子孤. Both in (Book of Rites). Later, saying emperors "稱孤道寡" originates from this. | To owe. Owing a favor is also called 孤恩. Also, 辜負 was originally written as 孤負.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ko(コ) コ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    子 (ko・kohen・kodomo・kodomohen)

  • Related Keywords

    orphan alone solitary humility reject abandoned isolated forlorn desolate independent loneliness lonesome reclusive seclusion single sole solitude

Sentences including 孤

  • It is said that she looked after the orphan.

  • The village was isolated by the heavy storm.

  • He is a lonely man with few friends.

  • Many times i've been alone.

  • To tell the truth , he was lonely.

  • To tell the truth , i felt lonely.

  • She found herself much alone.

  • The girl is lonely.

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