孔

孔	U+5B54, 孔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B54

← 孓
[U+5B53]

CJK Unified Ideographs

孕 →
[U+5B55]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

孔 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓木山 (NDU), four-corner 1241₀, composition ⿰子乚)

Derived characters

吼, 𪣂, 𢗵, 𢪬, 犼, 𭥛, 𦙥, 𣏺, 𤆺, 𬗆, 𧉔, 𫁎, 𡰼, 芤, 𥥅, 𩫂, 𡵾, 𥤾, 𡦀

References

KangXi: page 277, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6933
Dae Jaweon: page 544, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1008, character 4
Unihan data for U+5B54

Chinese

simp. and trad.		孔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 孔
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (孔) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
吼	qʰloːʔ, qʰloːs
孔	*kʰloːŋʔ

Bronze inscriptions: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 丿 (“opening”) + 子 (“child”) – opening in the skull of a newborn, i.e. fontanelle.

Etymology

"hole": From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)uŋ (“hole; orifice; inner part”). 孔 (OC *kʰloːŋʔ, “hole”) is probably the endoactive derivation of 空 (OC *kʰoːŋ, “hollow; empty”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan ཁུང (khung, “hole”), Jingpho ladi hku (lədî hkū, “nostril”), Chepang घाङ्‌ (gʰaŋ, “hole”), Burmese အခေါင် (a.hkaung, “hollow place; cavity”), Naxi kho³³ (“cave; hole; pit”) (STEDT).

"peacock": Starostin reconstructs 孔 (OC *khōŋ) and compares it to Proto-Vietic *k-voːŋ. Compare also Semai kuwok, Semnam kwɔːŋ.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kǒng (kong³)
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ
(Chengdu, SP): kong³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): hung²
(Taishan, Wiktionary): huung²
Gan (Wiktionary): kung³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khúng
(Meixian, Guangdong): kung³
Jin (Wiktionary): kung²
Min Dong (BUC): kūng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kháng / khóng
(Teochew, Peng'im): kong²
Wu (Wiktionary): khon (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung³
  - Yale: kǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koong
  - Palladius: кун (kun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒngr
  - Wade–Giles: kʻungrh³
  - Yale: kǔngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongl
  - Palladius: кунр (kunr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊ̃ɻ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: kong³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung²
  - Yale: húng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: huung²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵŋ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: kung³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khúng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kung³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kung³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰʊŋ³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: kung²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxũŋ⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kūng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháng
  - Tâi-lô: kháng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qarng
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóng
  - Tâi-lô: khóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qorng
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

kháng - vernacular;
khóng - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kong²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: khon (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: /kʰuŋ^X/

Rime
Character	孔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	康董切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəwŋ^X/
Li Rong	/kʰuŋ^X/
Wang Li	/kʰuŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤoŋʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰloːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	孔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ khuwng^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁoŋʔ/
English	(surname)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孔
Reading #	1/1
No.	7489
Phonetic component	孔
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	孔
Old Chinese	/*kʰloːŋʔ/
Notes	金文象就乳，與古候切從子殼聲字（說文乳也）同源

Definitions

孔

hole; aperture; opening
鼻孔 ― bíkǒng ― nostril
classifier for cave dwellings, oil wells, etc..
(literary, for irrigation, drainage) ditch; trench; canal; channel
(literary, or in compounds) profound; far-reaching
(literary, or in compounds) unimpeded; unblocked
(literary, or in compounds) large
(literary, or in compounds) fine
(literary, or in compounds) very; extremely
(literary, or in compounds) peacock; peafowl
a surname
孔祥熙 ― Kǒng Xiángxī ― H. H. Kung (Chinese banker and politician)
(specifically) Short for 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ, “Confucius”).
(Quanzhou Hokkien) classifier for partitioned grid units in a tool.

Synonyms

(hole):

Dialectal synonyms of 孔 (“hole”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		孔, 洞, 穴
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		孔, 洞, 孔洞, 空洞, 空穴
Mandarin	Beijing	窟窿
	Jinan	窟窿
	Luoyang	窟窿
	Wanrong	窟窿
	Xi'an	窟窿子, 窟窿
	Wuhan	窟窿, 窟眼, 洞洞, 洞
	Chengdu	窟窿, 洞洞, 洞
	Liuzhou	窿
	Yangzhou	洞, 窟窿
	Nanjing	窟窿
	Hefei	窟窿, 洞
	Singapore	洞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	窿, 咕窿
	Hong Kong	窿, 咕窿
	Taishan	孔
	Yangjiang	窿
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	窿
	Singapore (Guangfu)	窿
Gan	Nanchang	洞
Hakka	Meixian	窿仔, 窿空仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	空
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	空
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	空
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	空
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	空
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	空
Jin	Taiyuan	窟窿, 窟子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	川
Min Dong	Fuzhou	空空
Min Nan	Xiamen	空, 空口
	Quanzhou	空
	Zhangzhou	空口
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	空
	Taipei	空
	Penang (Hokkien)	空
	Singapore (Hokkien)	空
	Manila (Hokkien)	空
	Chaozhou	空
	Jieyang	空, 洞
	Haifeng	空
	Singapore (Teochew)	空
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	窿
Wu	Suzhou	洞
	Wenzhou	洞, 窟, 窟窿
	Jinhua	窟窿
Xiang	Changsha	洞, 洞子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	眼貢, 洞

(ditch): 渠道 (qúdào), 水道 (shuǐdào)
(profound):

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幽幽 (yōuyōu)
延延 (yányán) (literary)
深入 (shēnrù)

深刻 (shēnkè)
深厚 (shēnhòu)
深層／深层 (shēncéng)

深篤／深笃 (shēndǔ)
深遠／深远 (shēnyuǎn)
篤深／笃深 (dǔshēn)

(very):

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Synonyms of 孔

不要太 (bùyàotài) (slang)
十分 (shífēn)
很 (hěn)
老大 (lǎodà) (colloquial, usually in the negative)
超 (chāo)

非常 (fēicháng)
壞／坏 (huài)
極其／极其 (jíqí)
極度／极度 (jídù)

極為／极为 (jíwéi)
極端／极端 (jíduān)
滾／滚 (gǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
異常／异常 (yìcháng)

(peacock): 孔雀 (kǒngquè)
(Confucius):

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孔丘 (Kǒng Qiū)
仲尼 (Zhòngní)
夫子 (fūzǐ)

孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ)
孔子 (Kǒngzǐ)
孔子公 (Min Nan)

素王 (sùwáng)
先師／先师 (xiānshī)
先聖／先圣 (xiānshèng)

Compounds

Derived terms from 孔

七孔 (qīkǒng)
七孔流血
九孔 (jiǔkǒng)
人孔 (rénkǒng)
六案孔目
卵孔
周情孔思
呼吸孔
孔佛
孔嘉
孔坡
孔型
孔壁古文
孔多 (kǒngduō)
孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ)
孔子 (Kǒngzǐ)
孔子白
孔孟 (Kǒng-Mèng)
孔孟之道 (Kǒng-Mèng zhī dào)
孔宙碑
孔席不暖
孔德
孔急 (kǒngjí)
孔教 (kǒngjiào)
孔方 (kǒngfāng)
孔方兄 (kǒngfāngxiōng)
孔明 (Kǒngmíng)
孔明借箭
孔林 (Kǒnglín)
孔武有力 (kǒngwǔyǒulì)
孔洞 (kǒngdòng)
孔版
孔版印刷
孔目
孔目房
孔眼
孔穴 (kǒngxué)
孔翠
孔道 (kǒngdào)
孔隙
孔雀 (kǒngquè)

孔雀座
孔雀王朝 (Kǒngquè Wángcháo)
孔雀石 (kǒngquèshí)
孔雀舞 (kǒngquèwǔ)
孔雁
心孔
打孔 (dǎkǒng)
拉孔
晚娘面孔
椎孔 (zhuīkǒng)
毛孔 (máokǒng)
泌水孔
漏孔
生面孔
白孔六帖
皮孔
眼孔 (yǎnkǒng)
瞳孔 (tóngkǒng)
祀孔
祭孔 (jìkǒng)
穿孔 (chuānkǒng)
羊真孔草
老面孔
耳孔 (ěrkǒng)
胃穿孔 (wèichuānkǒng)
膜孔
裂孔
需才孔亟
需款孔急
面孔 (miànkǒng)
鼻孔 (bíkǒng)
孔章望斗
一孔之見／一孔之见 (yīkǒngzhījiàn)
一孔出氣／一孔出气
七孔生煙／七孔生烟
千孔百瘡／千孔百疮
千瘡百孔／千疮百孔 (qiānchuāngbǎikǒng)
噴氣孔／喷气孔 (pēnqìkǒng)
威儀孔時／威仪孔时
孔叢子／孔丛子 (Kǒngcóngzǐ)

孔壠／孔垄／孔垅 (Kǒnglǒng)
孔子家語／孔子家语
孔子廟／孔子庙 (Kǒngzǐmiào)
孔孟學會／孔孟学会
孔廟／孔庙 (Kǒngmiào)
孔徑／孔径
孔懷／孔怀
孔明燈／孔明灯 (kǒngmíngdēng)
孔灣／孔湾 (Kǒngwān)
孔版畫／孔版画
孔竅／孔窍
孔融讓梨／孔融让梨
孔門／孔门
孔雀綠／孔雀绿
孔雀開屏／孔雀开屏
孔鯉過庭／孔鲤过庭
彰化孔廟／彰化孔庙
打孔機／打孔机 (dǎkǒngjī)
打孔紙帶／打孔纸带
有孔蟲／有孔虫
椎間孔／椎间孔 (zhuījiānkǒng)
橋孔／桥孔
氣孔／气孔 (qìkǒng)
漢孔宙碑／汉孔宙碑
無孔不入／无孔不入 (wúkǒngbùrù)
百孔千創／百孔千创
百孔千瘡／百孔千疮 (bǎikǒngqiānchuāng)
程孔傾蓋／程孔倾盖
腸穿孔／肠穿孔
臉孔／脸孔 (liǎnkǒng)
臺南孔廟／台南孔庙
蟲孔／虫孔
謀夫孔多／谋夫孔多
針孔／针孔 (zhēnkǒng)
針孔現象／针孔现象
鏜孔／镗孔
鑽孔／钻孔 (zuānkǒng)
隄潰蟻孔／堤溃蚁孔
革帶移孔／革带移孔
顏苦孔卓／颜苦孔卓

References

“孔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

孔

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

cavity

Readings

Go-on: く (ku); くう (kū)
Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
Kun: あな (ana, 孔); はなはだ (hanahada, 孔だ)

Compounds

孔(く)雀(じゃく) (kujaku)
孔(く)雀(じゃく)石(せき) (kujakuseki)
孔(く)雀(じゃく)妙(みょう)王(おう) (kujakumyōō)
孔子(こうし) (Kōshi)
孔版(こうはん) (kōhan)
孔孟(こうもう) (Kō-Mō)
孔門(こうもん) (kōmon)
毛(け)孔(あな) (keana)
眼孔(がんこう) (gankō)
気孔(きこう) (kikō)
空(くう)気(き)孔(こう) (kūkikō)
細孔(さいこう) (saikō)
鑽孔(さんこう) (sankō)
鑽孔(さんこう)機(き) (sankōki)
鑚孔(さんこう)機(き) (sankōki)
耳孔(じこう) (jikō)
人孔(じんこう) (jinkō): manhole
穿孔(せんこう) (senkō)
穿孔(せんこう)機(き) (senkōki)
多孔(たこう) (takō)
多(た)孔性(こうせい) (takōsei)
単孔類(たんこうるい) (tankōrui)
通(つう)気(き)孔(こう) (tsūkikō)
通風孔(つうふうこう) (tsūfūkō)
瞳孔(どうこう) (dōkō)
排水孔(はいすいこう) (haisuikō)
鼻(び)孔(こう) (bikō)
噴(ふん)気(き)孔(こう) (funkikō)
有孔虫(ゆうこうちゅう) (yūkōchū)

Korean

Hanja

孔 (eumhun 구멍 공 (gumeong gong))

Hanja form^? of 공 (“opening, hole”).

Vietnamese

Han character

孔: Hán Nôm readings: khổng, hỏng, hổng, khỏng, khủng

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