kǒng
hole, opening
Original meaning:
fontanelle
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
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 孔
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
hole | ||
face | ||
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kǒngfūzǐ] | ||
pupil (of eye) | ||
peacock |
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