orphan; last of kin
Rare literary term for a person who has lost all family, especially the last surviving member of a lineage. Not used in everyday speech.
He lost his family in the war and became the last of his kin.
Rare kanji spelling; the first character is not in common use.
Variant with an out-dated kanji; even rarer than 煢独.
The exact derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of solitude and orphanhood.