孤 gū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
孤儿
gū'ér
orphan
Characters in this word
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 战争结束后，这座城市不得不面对大量孤儿的安置和教育问题。 Zhànzhēng jiéshù hòu, zhè zuò chéngshì bùdébù miànduì dàliàng gū'ér de ānzhì hé jiàoyù wèntí. After the war ended, the city had to face the resettlement and education of a large number of orphans.
- 这家福利院里住着二十多个孤儿。 Zhè jiā fúlìyuàn lǐ zhù zhe èrshí duō ge gū'ér. More than twenty orphans live in this children's home.
- 他从小就是孤儿，是邻居老奶奶把他养大的。 Tā cóngxiǎo jiùshì gū'ér, shì línjū lǎo nǎinai bǎ tā yǎng dà de. He was an orphan from childhood and was raised by an elderly neighbour.