孤

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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

孤 (radical 39 子+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓木竹女人 (NDHVO), four-corner 12430)

  1. orphan, fatherless
  2. solitary

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 279, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6966
  • Dae Jaweon: page 547, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1014, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5B64

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

孤 (Yale gu1)

Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

孤 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. solitude, alone
  2. orphan

Readings [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Sinitic 孤.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

孤 (hiragana こ, romaji ko)

  1. an orphan
  2. solitude

Etymology 2 [edit]

Jukujikun kanji use for the term みなしご, itself a compound of 身 (mi, “identity, family”) + 無 (nashi, “none, without”) + 子 (ko, “child”). The final syllable's ko reading changes to go due to rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • Kun'yomi
  • IPA: /mi.na.si.go/, [minäɕigo̞], [minäɕiŋo̞]

Noun [edit]

孤 (hiragana みなしご, romaji minashigo)

  1. an orphan

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

孤 (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune-Reischauer ko)

Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

孤 (pinyin gū (gu1), Wade-Giles ku1)

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

孤 (cô, co, còi, côi, go, gò)

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