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孤 = 瓜 + 子
孤 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “orphan”. It is built from 瓜 (melon) and 子 (child). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2024. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.
- Keyword
- orphan
- RTK frame
- 2024
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- ребенок
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 孤 orphan
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 孤
How to find 孤 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “melon” + “child”. 孤 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 孤 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.