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孤

孤 — orphan, alone

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Strokes
9
JLPT
N1
School grade
8

Common words with 孤

  • 孤児こじorphanCommon

    人々はその孤児を哀れんだ。
    People took pity on the orphan.

  • 孤立こりつisolation; being alone; being friendlessCommon

    この地域はきわめて孤立している。
    This area is extremely isolated.

  • 孤独こどくsolitude; loneliness; isolationCommon

    私はこの上なくさびしく、孤独だ。
    I am as sad and lonely as can be.

  • 孤児院こじいんorphanageCommon
  • 孤島ことうsolitary island; isolated islandCommon
  • 孤高ここうaloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitaryOccasional
  • 孤軍奮闘こぐんふんとうfighting aloneOccasional
  • 孤独感こどくかんsense of isolation; (feelings of) lonelinessRare
  • 百年の孤独ひゃくねんのこどくOne Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)Rare
  • 孤独死こどくしdying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home…Rare
  • 孤立化こりつかisolationRare
  • 孤立感こりつかんisolation; sense of isolation; feeling of being isolatedRare
  • 孤立主義こりつしゅぎisolationismRare
  • 孤立の姿こりつのすがたstate of isolationRare
  • 孤立死こりつしdying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home…Rare
  • 孤立した言語どくりつしたげんごlanguage isolateRare
  • 孤立電子対こりつでんしついlone pair (of electrons)Rare
  • 孤児作品こじさくひんorphan worksRare
  • 孤児著作物こじちょさくぶつorphan worksRare
  • 中国残留孤児ちゅうごくざんりゅうこじJapanese orphans left behind in China (after WWII); war-displaced Japanese in C…Rare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 50 words that use 孤.

  • 孤児 こじ orphan
  • 孤立 こりつ isolation; being alone; being friendless
  • 孤独 こどく solitude; loneliness; isolation
  • 孤児院 こじいん orphanage
  • 孤島 ことう solitary island; isolated island

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