孤
lone; lonely
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,164 U+5B64
How 孤 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
子 (semantic, “child”) + 瓜 (phonetic, guā)
How to remember it
orphan · Heisig RSH #1400
子 child + 瓜 melon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 瓜
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 瓜 (guā) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓜 sound component | guā | melon, gourd, squash, cucumber |
| 狐 | hú | fox |
| 弧 | hú | arc, crescent; wooden bow |
| 呱 | guā | to wail, to cry; to swear at |
| 觚 | gū | jug, goblet; rule, law |
| 胍 | guā | guanidine |
Words containing 孤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一意孤行 | yī yì gū xíng | obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way; dogmatic |
| 孤立子波 | gū lì zǐ bō | instanton (math.) |
| 孤证不立 | gū zhèng bù lì | unacceptable as uncorroborated evidence (in law or in textual criticism) |
| 孤立子 | gū lì zǐ | soliton (physics) |
| 孤儿药 | gū ér yào | orphan drug |
| 孤儿院 | gū ér yuàn | orphanage; child asylum |
| 生态孤岛 | shēng tài gū dǎo | insularization (as a threat to biodiversity) |
| 孤独于世 | gū dú yú shì | alone in the world (idiom) |
| 孤子 | gū zǐ | orphan; fatherless son |
| 孤山 | Gū Shān | Solitary Hill, located in West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province |
| 孤山 | gū shān | isolated peak |
| 孤儿 | gū ér | orphan |
| 孤高 | gū gāo | arrogant |
| 孤老 | gū lǎo | solitary old man or woman; regular patron (at brothels) |
| 孤本 | gū běn | the only extant copy of a book |
| 孤独症 | gū dú zhèng | autism |
| 孤身 | gū shēn | alone; lonely |
| 孤单 | gū dān | lone; lonely; loneliness |
| 孤家寡人 | gū jiā guǎ rén | one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can… |
| 孤鸟 | gū niǎo | lone bird; marginalized (country, person etc) |