EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 52
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    orphan

    人々はその孤児を哀れんだ。
    People took pity on the orphan.
  2. Noun

    person without friends

Also written 孤【みなしご】みなし子【みなしご】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

orphan, alone

On
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1239 of 2500
Radical
child
WaniKani
Level 52

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-6, 1-2-5, 1-2-6SKIP code
2c6.2The Kanji Dictionary
1243.0Four corner code
3562deroo
5b64Unicode hex code
1-24-41JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1270Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1293New Nelson (John Haig)
356New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
426Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
263Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
317Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1879Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2024Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1440A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1768Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6966XMorohashi
1229A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1480Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1577Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1205Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1225Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1381Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
462Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1897Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gu1Pinyin reading
goKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
52WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

newborn babe, child, young of animals

Kun
-こ-っこ
On
ゲイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
679 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 28

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-5-2, 1-1-6, 1-2-5SKIP code
4c3.3The Kanji Dictionary
2621.0Four corner code
1257deroo
5150Unicode hex code
1-27-89JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
572Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
355New Nelson (John Haig)
2546New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3153Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1617Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2203Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
58Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
62Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
556A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
497Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
782Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1364Morohashi
697A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1217Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1280Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
801sakade
338Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
526henshall3
482Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1375Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
148Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
58Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
er2Pinyin reading
aKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
28WaniKani level