SOLITARY

孤　コ

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solitary, lonely, alone
孤独・こどく・lonely, solitary, alone
孤立・こりつ・isolation
孤島・ことう・solitary island
孤軍・こぐん・isolated force
orphan (original meaning)
孤児・こじ・orphan
INDEPENDENT - orphan, loneliness
徳は孤ならず・とくはこならず the good will not long remain lonely

"child" together with "melon" (a picture of a melon hanging from a frame). Phonetically this represents alone, and also the melon is alone in the picture. Hence the original meaning of a child alone, or an orphan, and then the wider sense of solitary.

TEST
lone, solitary, alone
isolation
solitary island
isolated force
orphan
the good will not long remain lonely