Word Meaning 鰥寡孤独

かんかこどく kankakodoku

鰥寡孤独 is read as かんかこどく (kankakodoku) and means with no one upon whom to depend.

Meaning

English

  1. with no one upon whom to depend
  2. utter loneliness
  3. the lonely and the helpless
  4. people who have no kith or kin

Reading

Kana

かんかこどく

Romaji

kankakodoku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 53 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Yojijukugo Rank 161412 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鰥寡

かんか

widow and widower

孤独

こどく

solitude

百年の孤独

ひゃくねんのこどく

One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)

天涯孤独

てんがいこどく

a person without a single relative

孤独死

こどくし

dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing)

孤独感

こどくかん

sense of isolation

単独

たんどく

independence

西独

せいどく

West Germany (1949-1990)

日独

にちどく

Japan and Germany

東独

とうどく

East Germany (1949-1990)

米独

べいどく

America and Germany

和独

わどく

Japanese-German (e.g. dictionary)