孤立
こりつ · koritsu · JLPT N1 · noun
isolation
🏝️ 孤 = lonely or orphaned, 立 = stand: standing alone, cut off from others
孤 means lonely or orphaned and 立 means to stand. Helplessness follows naturally: someone left standing alone with no one to turn to.
立 — person standing on ground (大 over 一)
Pictograph of a person standing with arms outstretched on the ground line below. The original oracle bone form clearly shows a frontal human figure planted on the earth. The core meaning 'to stand' extended to 'establish, set up, erect.'