Chinese Character 孤 Meanings and components.

Form

孤

Meaning

孤 meaning[3] in English

Lone.

Lonely.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 孤 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are son (子) , and melon (瓜)

Its radical[1] is: 子 (zi5) which means: Son, Child, Seed, Egg, Small Thing, 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat, Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4], Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North), .子zi5son

In cangjie it is written with NDHVO

How to write 孤

To write孤gu1lone you should write a combination of 子zi5son , 瓜gua1melon arranged in a 吅 shape:

子 + 瓜 = 孤

孤 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 孤 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 孤, looks as follow:

孤
Pinyin:gu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Lone . Lonely
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)
瓜
Pinyin:gua1
Meaning[3]: Melon . Gourd . Squash

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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