孤独 gūdú▶ solitario

Stroke order

孤独 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 孤 — 8 strokes
• 独 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. lonely
2. solitary

Related words

• 唯独Solo
• 孤立aislado
• 独裁autocracia
• 得天独厚Estar ricamente dotado por la naturaleza
• 单独Solo
• 独特único

孤独 is pronounced gūdú and means “solitario”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 孤独 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.