孤児

こじ · koji · JLPT N1 · noun

orphan

🧒 孤 = alone + 児 = child: a child who is left alone

孤 means alone or solitary, and 児 means child. Both parts appear in 孤独 (lonely) and 小児 (young child). Koji is a child left alone in the world.

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