鰥寡孤独
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 鰥 | 寡 | 孤 | 独 |
| かん Hyōgaiji |
か Grade: S |
こ Grade: S |
どく Grade: 5 |
| on’yomi | |||
Etymology
- From Middle Chinese: 鳏寡孤独
Noun
鰥寡孤独 (hiragana かんかこどく, rōmaji kankakodoku)
- (literally) Widowers and widowed, orphans and childless elderly.
- (idiomatic) the lonely people of the world
References
- 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112
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