Chinese symbol for “orphanage”
孤儿院
gū ér yuàn
Traditional: 孤兒院
orphanage; child asylum
The closest CC-CEDICT match for orphanage is 孤儿院 (gū ér yuàn), defined as: orphanage; child asylum.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “orphanage”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 孤儿院.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孤独 (孤獨) | gū dú | lonely; solitary |
| 孤立 | gū lì | to isolate; isolated |
| 孤儿 (孤兒) | gū ér | orphan |
| 孤单 (孤單) | gū dān | lone; lonely |
| 孤岛 (孤島) | gū dǎo | isolated island |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 儿童 (兒童) | ér tóng | child |
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “orphanage”.
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.