The kanji 孤: meaning, readings and stroke order

孤

Meaning: alone, orphan
On reading: コ ko
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 子 child, seed
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cô đơn, mồ côi (cô)
Japanese: ひとりぼっち。みなしご。
Korean: 외롭다, 고아 (고)
Chinese: 孤独、孤儿

Readings, words and example sentences

コ ko · on reading · less common

孤こ独どく
loneliness
孤こ独どくを感じるときもあります。
Sometimes I feel lonely.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.