We investigate Kondo physics in a quantum dot side coupled to a Majorana zero mode, where the Majorana coupling induces both spin and charge fluctuations that determine low-energy behavior. Using a wave-function-based Schrieffer-Wolff transformation combined with numerical renormalization group calculations, we discover an $S{U}_L\left(2\right)$ spin-charge-entangled Kondo state, in which conduction electrons screen the spin-charge-entangled degrees of freedom of the Majorana-quantum dot subsystem. We show that the parity degeneracy of this state gives rise to spin-resolved Andreev-normal boundary conditions, resulting in non-Fermi-liquid behavior. Density matrix renormalization group simulations directly resolve a hallmark of these boundary conditions—a subleading even-odd effect in the screening cloud. Our framework bridges strongly correlated and topological phenomena, and naturally extends to ${\mathbb{Z}}_N$ parafermions and $SU\left(N\right)$ Kondo systems.

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• Density matrix renormalization group
• Kondo effect
• Majorana bound states
• Numerical Renormalization Group
• Quantum dots