孤 — kanji meaning “orphan”
孤
orphan, alone
- Meanings
- orphan, alone
- On'yomi
- コ (ko)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1239 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 39
- Chinese reading
- gū — Chinese character page
Words with 孤
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孤独 | こどく kodoku | solitude; loneliness; isolation |
| 孤立 | こりつ koritsu | isolation; being alone; being friendless |
| 孤児 | こじ koji | orphan |
| 孤島 | ことう kotou | solitary island; isolated island |
| 孤高 | ここう kokou | aloof; proudly independent; standing apart |
| 孤軍 | こぐん kogun | lone (isolated) force; forlorn force |
| 天涯孤独 | てんがいこどく tengaikodoku | a person without a single relative |
| 孤児院 | こじいん kojiin | orphanage |
| 孤城 | こじょう kojou | solitary castle; isolated castle |
| 孤軍奮闘 | こぐんふんとう kogunfuntou | fighting alone |
| 孤影 | こえい koei | lonely figure |
| 孤絶 | こぜつ kozetsu | being isolated; being separated; being cut off |
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