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Chinese symbol for “lone”

孤单
gū dān
Traditional: 孤單
lone; lonely; loneliness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lone is 孤单 (gū dān), defined as: lone; lonely; loneliness.

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.

Characters and stroke order

孤 gū
orphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes
单 dān
single, individual, only; lone
radical 24 ⼗ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lone”

WordPinyinMeaning
孤gūlone; lonely
孤零零gū líng línglone; isolated and without help

Related words

Other words that share a character with 孤单.

WordPinyinMeaning
孤独 (孤獨)gū dúlonely; solitary
孤立gū lìto isolate; isolated
孤儿 (孤兒)gū érorphan
孤儿院 (孤兒院)gū ér yuànorphanage; child asylum
孤岛 (孤島)gū dǎoisolated island
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
简单 (簡單)jiǎn dānsimple; not complicated
名单 (名單)míng dānlist of names

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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