孑 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 3 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
- On
- ケツ
- Kun
- ひとり
- Meaning
- alone; mosquito larva
Origin
A pictograph of a person missing one arm: alone; in 孑孒 it means a mosquito larva.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 孑孑げつげつ
solitary; standing alone
- 孑孒ぼうふら
mosquito larva
Example
焼け跡に一本の木が孑孑と立っていた。
A single tree stood alone in the burnt ground.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)