独居 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Alone / Solitary Existence

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dú jū

dokkyo

獨居 is a Chinese word that can be translated as to live alone, to live a solitary existence, solitude, solitary life, dwelling alone.

You might use a word like this regarding a hermit.

In modern Japan, and Simplified Chinese, they use the version of the first character shown to the right. If you want this version please click on the character to the right instead of the button above.

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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 独居 search...

Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
独居 see styles	dokkyo どっきょ	More info & calligraphy: Alone / Solitary Existence (n,vs,vi) living alone; solitude; solitary life
獨居独居 see styles	dú jū du2 ju1 tu chü dokukyo	More info & calligraphy: Alone / Solitary Existence to live alone; to live a solitary existence Dwelling alone, e.g. as a hermit.
独居室 see styles	dokkyoshitsu どっきょしつ	独居室 Custom Scroll cell (e.g. monk's)
独居房 see styles	dokkyobou / dokkyobo どっきょぼう	独居房 Custom Scroll single-person cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
獨居石独居石 see styles	dú jū shí du2 ju1 shi2 tu chü shih	獨居石 Custom Scroll monazite
独居監房 see styles	dokkyokanbou / dokkyokanbo どっきょかんぼう	独居監房 Custom Scroll (rare) (See 独房) single-person cell; solitary cell; isolation cell; solitary confinement cell

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Alone Solitary Existence	獨居独居	dokkyo / dokyo	dú jū / du2 ju1 / du ju / duju	tu chü / tuchü
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.