孤

orphan, alone

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:9

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1239

Vocabulary

コ

Word	Reading	Meaning
孤児	コジ	orphan; person without friends
孤児院	コジイン	orphanage
孤独	コドク	solitude; loneliness; isolation
孤立	コリツ	isolation; being alone; being friendless
孤島	コトウ	solitary island; isolated island

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
孤児	みなしご	orphan; person without friends
孤悲	こい	(romantic) love
孤立の姿	こりつのすがた	state of isolation
孤立した言語	どくりつしたげんご	language isolate
孤掌鳴らし難し	こしょうならしがたし	one cannot live solely by oneself; one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself; clapping with one hand is hard

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

grandchild, descendants

rotation, go around

waves, billows, Poland

pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)

exquisite, strange, queer, mystery, miracle, excellent, delicate, charming

set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate

reject, retreat, recede, withdraw, repel, repulse