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孔
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

cavity

HSK 10 N1
Abstract →Space
kǒng
コウ、ク
あな
공
Depicts an opening in a child's (子) head, representing the fontanelle. Based on the original meaning "fontanelle". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "hole" and "opening".
Components
子 child+ ◎ characterless component =
孔 cavity
子 Iconic component
zi child
offspring, child
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts an opening.
Notes
Similar Characters
乳 breast学 study (jp)了 complete保 safeguard包 wrap孑 remaining孓 without left arm孕 pregnant孚 brood孛 comet孝 filial piety學 study (trad)弃 reject (simp)教 teach斿 to move freely棄 forsake (trad/jp)育 education仔 meticulous字 character孜 be as diligent
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
孔
Regular
Modern
Chinese
孔 [Kǒng]
surname Kong
孔 [kǒng]
hole; CL:個|个[gè]; classifier for cave dwellings
Japanese
穴 、 孔 あな 同音

noun

  1. hole; opening; orifice; perforation
  2. pit; hollow; cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground)
  3. burrow; den; lair; holt; hole
  4. deficit; shortage; (financial) hole; loss
  5. gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.); vacancy; opening
  6. flaw; fault; defect; weak point; hole (in a theory, plan, etc.); loophole
  7. good place not many people know about; well-kept secret
  8. upset victory (with a large payoff); long shot; dark horse
  9. (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre) (theatre jargon)
  10. archaic hiding place; hideout
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
そして各チームはボールを蹴ってこの穴に通そうと互いに競い合ったのです。
And the teams competed with each other to try to kick the ball through this hole.
ミーティングに穴をあけてしまったことに対し、再度お詫びします。
Let me apologize once again for missing our meeting.
Japanese Names
孔 こう
Kō surname
孔 こうの
Kōno surname
孔 こん
Kon surname
孔 たかし
Takashi given name
孔 とおる
Tooru given name
CHINESE WORDS (143)
面孔 [miàn​kǒng] #5,869
face
孔子 [Kǒng​zǐ] #35,885
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kǒng​fū​zǐ]
瞳孔 [tóng​kǒng] #11,937
pupil (of eye)
孔雀 [kǒng​què] #14,751
peacock
毛孔 [máo​kǒng] #18,344
pore
鼻孔 [bí​kǒng] #12,610
nostril
脸孔 [liǎn​kǒng] #13,361
face
脸孔 [liǎn​kǒng] #13,361
face
穿孔 [chuān​kǒng] #19,322
to punch or bore a hole
弹孔 [dàn​kǒng] #12,769
bullet hole
133 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (123)
⭐ 穴 [あな] #1,552
hole
瞳孔 [どうこう] #16,964
pupil (of the eye)
鍵穴 [かぎあな] #18,224
keyhole
鼻孔 [びこう] #21,427
nostril
毛穴 [けあな] #26,010
pore (of the skin)
巣穴 [すあな] #26,532
nesting hole
孔雀 [くじゃく] #34,337
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
孔子 [こうし] #35,126
Confucius
針の穴 [はりのあな] #46,424
eye of a needle
穿孔 [せんこう] #61,367
perforation
113 more items
KOREAN WORDS (3)
공자
Confucius
동공
pupil
모공
pore