孔子

孔子

Chinese

		Kong (surname)	respectful suffix for a male
simp. and trad. (孔子)		孔	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kǒngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Khûng-chṳ́
• Min Dong (BUC): Kūng-cṳ̄
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Khóng-chú / Khóng-chír

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kong² ze²

• Wu (Wiktionary): khon tsr (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Kǒngzǐ [Phonetic: kóngzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Koongtzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung² zi²
    • Yale: húng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung² ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Khûng-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: kung´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ zi³
    • IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Kūng-cṳ̄
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khóng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: Khóng-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofngzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khóng-chír
    • Tâi-lô: Khóng-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kong² ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khóng tsṳ́
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sɯ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: khon tsr (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Proper noun

孔子

1. Confucius

Synonyms

• 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ)
• (name) 孔丘 (Kǒng Qiū)
• (Min Nan) 孔子公

Derived terms

孔子公 孔子學院／孔子学院 (Kǒngzǐ Xuéyuàn)

孔子廟／孔子庙 (Kǒngzǐmiào) 孔子白

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孔子):

• → Japanese: 孔 (こう)子 (し) (Kōshi)
• → Korean: 공자 (孔子, Gongja)
• → Vietnamese: Khổng Tử (孔子)

Others:

• → English: Kongzi
• → Kazakh: Құң-зы (Quñ-zı)
• → Khmer: ខុងជឺ (khong cɨɨ)
• → Lao: ຂົງຈື້ (khong chư̄)
• → Mongolian: Күнз (Künz)
• → Thai: ขงจื๊อ (kǒng-jʉ́ʉ)
• → Tibetan: ཁུང་ཙི (khung tsi)
• → Uyghur: كۇڭزى‏‎‎ (kungzi‏‎)
• → Zhuang: Gungjswj

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
孔	子
こう Grade: S	し Grade: 1
kan’on

Kanji in this term
孔	子
く Grade: S	し > じ Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 孔子 (MC kʰuŋ^X t͡sɨ^X).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕi]

• On’yomi: Goon
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Proper noun

孔子 (hiragana こうし, rōmaji Kōshi, alternative reading くじ, rōmaji Kuji)

1. Confucius

   Synonym: 孔夫子 (Kō Fūshi)

See also

• 孟 (もう)子 (し) (Mōshi)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
孔	子

Proper noun

孔子 • (Gongja) (hangeul 공자)

1. Hanja form^? of 공자 (“Confucius”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
孔	子

Proper noun

孔子

1. Hán tự form of Khổng Tử (“Confucius”).