| 孤 |
Gū bá | Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War |
| 孤 |
gū | lone / lonely |
| 拔 |
bá | to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize |