孔(kǒng)

HSK 7-94 strokes

surname Kong

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Character information

Pinyin
kǒng
Meaning
surname Kong
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 孔 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰子乚

The mouth 乚 of a crying baby 子

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

子zǐ乚háo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 孔 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 孔

Common words using 孔 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qī七kǒng孔

the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth

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jiǔ九kǒng孔

abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)

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rén人kǒng孔

manhole

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yī一kǒng孔zhī之jiàn见

(idiom) partial view; limited outlook

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duō多kǒng孔

porous

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kǒng孔yǐ乙jǐ己

Kong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 鲁迅 depicting the lif…

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kǒng孔fū夫zǐ子

Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 …

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kǒng孔zǐ子

Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3…

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七九人一之见多乙

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