A bound character that appears only in 伶仃 (lonely and helpless), most often in the four-character phrase 孤苦伶仃 ('orphaned and all alone'). The Lingding Channel in the Pearl River estuary uses these same characters.
Standing-person radical on the left, side-form of 人. It marks this as a word about a person's state — here, being alone and unsupported. Same family as 伶 (its partner in 伶仃) and 你 you.
