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孔

kǒng

HSK 6 Character Measure word 个

What 孔 means

1. hole
2. classifier for cave dwellings

Other readings

孔 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Kǒngsurname Kong

Example sentences

• 孔子是谁？
  Who was Confucius?
• 我没看见什么弹孔。
  Wǒ méi kànjiàn shénme dànkǒng.
  I don't see any bullet holes.
• 我右鼻孔里有豌豆。
  Wǒ yòu bíkǒng lǐ yǒu wāndòu.
  There's a pea in my right nostril.
• 食色性也（孔子）。
  Shísèxìngyě （ Kǒngzǐ ）.
  Desire for food and sex is part of human nature.
• 我没看见什幺弹孔。
  I don't see any bullet holes.
• 富人要进天国，比骆驼穿过针孔还要难。
  Fùrén yào jìn tiānguó, bǐ luòtuo chuānguò zhēnkǒng hái yào nán.
  It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

Words starting with 孔

• 孔子Kǒng zǐConfucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子
• 孔雀kǒng quèpeafowl; peacock
• 孔明Kǒng míngcourtesy name of Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮
• 孔夫子Kǒng fū zǐConfucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子
• 孔乙己Kǒng Yǐ jǐKong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 鲁迅
• 孔庙Kǒng miàoConfucian temple
• 孔孟Kǒng MèngConfucius and Mencius
• 孔径kǒng jìngdiameter of hole
• 孔德Kǒng déAuguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher
• 孔教Kǒng jiàoTeaching of Confucius; Confucianism
• 孔林Kǒng línthe Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty
• 孔武kǒng wǔ(literary) valorous
• 孔洞kǒng dòngsmall hole in an object
• 孔眼kǒng yǎnhole (e.g. of sieve or colander)
• 孔融Kǒng RóngKong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period
• 孔道kǒng dàoopening providing access; the teaching of Confucius
• 孔门Kǒng ménConfucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
• 孔院Kǒng yuànConfucius Institute (abbr. for 孔子学院
• 孔尚任Kǒng Shàng rènKong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇
• 孔方兄kǒng fāng xiōng(coll., humorous) money…
• 孔明灯kǒng míng dēngsky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
• 孔圣人Kǒng shèng rénthe Sage Confucius
• 孔子学院Kǒng zǐ Xué yuànConfucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting…
• 孔子家语Kǒng zǐ Jiā yǔThe School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects; abbr. to 家语

Words containing 孔

• 面孔miàn kǒngface
• 鼻孔bí kǒngnostril
• 脸孔liǎn kǒngface
• 毛孔máo kǒngpore
• 瞳孔tóng kǒngpupil (of the eye)
• 穿孔chuān kǒngto punch a hole; to perforate; (medicine) perforation
• 打孔dǎ kǒngto punch a hole
• 人孔rén kǒngmanhole
• 吹孔chuī kǒng(of a musical instrument) blow hole
• 圆孔yuán kǒnground hole
• 多孔duō kǒngporous
• 弹孔dàn kǒngbullet hole
• 插孔chā kǒngjack; socket
• 扩孔kuò kǒngto widen a tube; to ream (i.e. widen a hole)
• 气孔qì kǒngair-bubble; pore; stoma
• 汗孔hàn kǒngsweat pore
• 洞孔dòng kǒnghole
• 祭孔jì Kǒngto offer sacrifices to Confucius
• 网孔wǎng kǒngmesh
• 过孔guò kǒng(electronics) via (a type of hole in a circuit board)
• 针孔zhēn kǒngpinhole
• 锁孔suǒ kǒngkeyhole
• 钻孔zuān kǒngto bore a hole; to drill; drilled hole
• 多孔性duō kǒng xìngporous; having many holes (e.g. filter gauze or sieve)

Characters that look like 孔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 瓦wǎroof tile; abbr. for 瓦特
• 厄èdistressed
• 扎zhāto prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer…
• 轧gáto crush together (in a crowd); to make friends; to check (accounts)
• 尻kāo(literary) buttocks; rump; coccyx; sacrum

Sounds the same

Read kǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 恐afraid; frightened; to fear
• 倥urgent; pressed