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2 words matching '孤' found
孤 is an exact match with the following word:
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Reading :   
1. being alone; solitude; loneliness​
noun
2. orphan  (see also: 孤児; obscure term)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 9 (among the 50,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 41,152 which gives a rank of 45,590
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 114,000,000 results)
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孤 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
孤児
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Readings : こじ    みなしご   
孤児 can be read in 2 ways: こじ (70%), みなしご (30%).
orphan
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 99,127 which gives a rank of 5,347
孤児 is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 83,000 (about 3,080,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9167
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 6 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
その
こじ
孤児
じぶん
自分
ふこう
不幸
かな
しみ
なみだ
なが
した

The orphan wept with grief over his misfortune.
こじ
孤児
であったので
ちち
じゅう
10
さい
から
かね
かせ
ぎはじめねばならなかった

Being an orphan, my father had to start earning money at ten.
こじ
孤児
さい
とき
かれ
にん
あね
であった
The orphan met up with his two sisters when he was five years old.
こじ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 57,000 (about 7,300,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 6 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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みなしご
BOOST
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• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 32,000 (about 17,200,000 results)
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みなし子
BOOST
Reading : みなしご   
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 159,000 (about 496,000 results)
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BOOST
Reading : みなしご   
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 56,200,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 18507
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コ    alone   
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child   
カ   うり melon   
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ム   private
つめ    つま- claw; fingernail   
ジ   ニ    newborn babe   
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キュウ    former, old   
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stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
legs
シ   ス   こ child   
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