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孔

孔 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あな。
  2. 甚だ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。乳を飲む小児を象る。「哺乳」を意味する漢語｛㝅｝を表す字。のち仮借して「あな」を意味する漢語｛孔｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cavity, hole, slit, very, great, exceedingly

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウJHS
  • ク
Kun (native)
  • あな
Nanori (used in names)
  • のり
Other languages
  • 拼音kong3
  • 한글gong
  • Hán-ViệtKhổng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5B54

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰子乚

Words using this kanji

  • 孔子こうし中国・春秋時代の思想家で儒教の始祖。孔夫子。Confucius
  • 孔雀くじゃく鳥の一種。雄はきらびやかな羽を持つことで有名。peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
  • 孔門こうもん孔子の門下。disciple of Confucius, Confucian school
  • 孔孟こうもうConfucius and Mencius
  • 孔版こうはん印刷の方法の一つ。文字や模様に沿って小さい孔が空いたシート状の版からインクを滲み出させて印刷する方法。mimeograph
  • 孔墨こうぼくConfucius and Mozi (ancient Chinese philosophers)
  • 孔雀石くじゃくせき水酸化銅、炭酸銅から構成される鉱物。鮮やかな緑色で光沢があり、装飾用、顔料用のほか銅鉱石などに利用される。malachite
  • 孔隙率こうげきりつporosity
  • 孔雀鳩くじゃくばとfantail pigeon
  • 孔雀草くじゃくそうmarigold (esp. the French marigold, Tagetes patula), plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria), northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
  • 孔雀蝶くじゃくちょうpeacock butterfly (Inachis io), European peacock
  • 孔夫子こうふうし中国の思想家「孔子」の別称。Confucius
  • 孔を穿つあなをうがつto pierce a hole
  • 孔版印刷こうはんいんさつstencil printing, mimeographic printing
  • 孔雀明王くじゃくみょうおうMahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)
  • 孔雀羊歯くじゃくしだnorthern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
  • 孔子学院こうしがくいんConfucius Institute
  • 孔子家語こうしけごThe School Sayings of Confucius, Family Sayings of Confucius, Kongzi Jiayu
  • 孔孟の教えこうもうのおしえthe teachings of Confucius and Mencius
  • 孔パターンこうパターンhole pattern

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