Kanji
N1 9 strokes Grade 8 freq #1239

orphan, alone

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

child ko

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

orphan
isolation; being alone
solitude; loneliness
orphanage
solitary island; isolated island
aloof; proudly independent
fighting alone
sole sword; unarmed but for a sword
isolated tile; lone honor tile, or a suited tile separated by two or more ranks from other complete or incomplete melds
eremophobia; monophobia

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

one cannot live solely by oneself; one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself
language isolate

Example sentences

Children whose parents are dead are referred to as "orphans".

The orphan children were told to behave themselves.

He is always isolated from his fellow workers.

We shouldn't confuse solitude with isolation. They are two separate things.