Zi:孤

孤 [gū] orphan/orphaned (孤​儿); childless; 孤​单 alone; 孤​立 isolated; 孤​独 lonely/solitary; asocial/antisocial; aloof/belittle; (HDZ:) …; (​姓)

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹gū ​孤 {E} b.f. ①orphaned ►gū'ér 孤儿 ②solitary; isolated; alone ►¹gūdú 孤独 ◆pr. 〈environment:〉 hist. I; me (the emperor/prince)

The Shuōwén Seal form of 孤(​􂥜) gū ‘fatherless’ (孤​子) combines ​子 (zǐ) ‘child’, and ​瓜(​􁎓) guā ‘melon/cucumber’ (phonosemantic): the fatherless/motherless babe/orphan, like a melon from the melon patch.
    Compare: ​辜/孤​负 gūfù ‘solitary/ungrateful/disappoint’ (DYC: ​故​背​恩​者​曰孤​负, 孤​则​人​轻​贱​之); ​辜(​􂥁) gū ‘crime’.
    HDZ: 孤 : gū : ​幼​年​丧​父​或​父​母​双​亡; ​为​国​事​而​牺​牲​者​的​后​代; ​没​有​子​女​的​人; ​怜​恤 (​老​人​老, 孤​人孤); ​单​独, 孤​单; ​特​出​的, ​杰​出​的; (​古) (​自​称) ​王​侯; (​古) ​官​职, ​位​于​三​公 (​太​师, ​太​傅, ​太​保) ​之​下 (孤​卿); ​远; ​辜​负 (cf. ​辜/孤​负); (​古) (​方​术​语); (​戏​曲​名) (​装孤); ​辜: ​罪, ​归​罪; (​古​地​名); (​姓)
►references: Karlgren:GSR41c; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1014.1; Mathews:3470; Guǎngyùn:082.01; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:279.08; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:098.0.01; EDOC:1
►components: ​子​瓜​
►Cantonese: gu\
Shuōwén: ​􂥜(孤)
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