proud, lonely
侘 centers on a solitary state of mind: feeling lonely or isolated, and the quiet pride or self-possession that can accompany that solitude.
侘 combines 亻 (person) with 宅, which likely contributes the sound タ. The exact historical development of the meaning is uncertain, but the character is associated with a person in a state of lonely pride.
A person 亻 standing alone beside a house 宅, feeling both lonely and quietly proud of their independence.
For タ, imagine a lonely person tapping on the door of an empty house: tap -> タ, and the sound echoes their solitude.
taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; wabi
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
taste for the simple and quiet; wabi and sabi
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
to be worried; to be grieved
solitary life; wretched abode