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孤
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orphan

HSK 6 N1
Human →Relations →Family
gū
コ
고
Phonosemantic compound. 子 represents the meaning and 瓜 represents the sound.
Components
子 child+ 瓜 melon =
孤 orphan
子 Meaning component
zi child
offspring, child
瓜 Phonetic component
guā melon
melon, gourd, cucumber
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Notes
Similar Characters
乳 breast了 complete保 safeguard包 wrap孑 remaining孓 without left arm孔 cavity孕 pregnant孚 brood孛 comet孝 filial piety学 study (jp)學 study (trad)弃 reject (simp)教 teach斿 to move freely棄 forsake (trad/jp)育 education仔 meticulous字 character
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
孤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
孤 [gū]
lone; lonely
Japanese
孤 こ 同音

noun

  1. being alone; solitude; loneliness
  2. rare orphan
孤児 、 孤 、 みなし子 (irreg.) こじ 、 みなしご (gikun) 同音

noun

  1. orphan
  2. person without friends
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
人々はその孤児を哀れんだ。
People took pity on the orphan.
Japanese Names
孤 こ
Ko surname
孤 こざき
Kozaki surname
孤 さちお
Sachio unclassified name
孤 さちひこ
Sachihiko unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (94)
孤独 [gū​dú] #1,940
lonely
孤独 [gū​dú] #1,940
lonely
孤单 [gū​dān] #3,458
lone
孤单 [gū​dān] #3,458
lone
孤儿 [gū​'ér] #4,797
orphan
孤儿 [gū​'ér] #4,797
orphan
孤儿院 [gū​'ér​yuàn] #7,100
orphanage
孤儿院 [gū​'ér​yuàn] #7,100
orphanage
孤立 [gū​lì] #9,544
isolate
孤零零 [gū​líng​líng] #15,196
lone
84 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (56)
⭐ 恋 [こい] #1,611
(romantic) love
⭐ 孤独 [こどく] #3,816
solitude
⭐ 孤立 [こりつ] #7,259
isolation
⭐ 孤児院 [こじいん] #10,062
orphanage
⭐ 孤児 [こじ] #10,828
orphan
孤高 [ここう] #18,321
aloof
⭐ 孤島 [ことう] #22,723
solitary island
孤独感 [こどくかん] #33,508
sense of isolation
天涯孤独 [てんがいこどく] #33,576
a person without a single relative
孤立無援 [こりつむえん] #34,625
isolated and helpless
46 more items
KOREAN WORDS (6)
고아 #14,349
orphan
고독
loneliness; solitude
고립
isolation
고립감
sense of isolation
고립화
encirclement; isolation
고아원
orphanage