鰥寡孤独

Reading

Kana: かんかこどく

Romaji: kankakodoku

Definition

noun

1

with no one upon whom to depend; utter loneliness; the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

鰥

Readings: カン、 コン、 やもめ、 やもお

Meanings: widower, unmarried man

寡

Reading: カ

Meanings: widow, minority, few

孤

Reading: コ

Meanings: orphan, alone

独

Readings: ドク、 トク、 ひと.り

Meanings: single, alone, spontaneously, Germany