孔 (hung2 | kong3) : hole; opening; (surname)

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孔

hung2

kong3

[1] [n] hole; opening; aperture; bore; orifice
[2] [adj] of or pertaining to Confucius or Confucianism
[3] [n] a Chinese surname

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Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 子 (#39)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

孔

This word has been viewed 7928 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Dec 2014 04:19

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孔子 hung2 zi2 kong3 zi3 = Confucius

臉孔 lim5 hung2 lian3 kong3 = face

孔教 hung2 gaau3 = Confucianism

孔雀 hung2 zoek3 kong3 que4 = peacock

耳孔 ji5 hung2 er3 kong3 = earhole 國

面孔 min6 hung2 mian4 kong3 = face

孔穴 hung2 jyut6 kong3 xue4 = aperture

孔廟 hung2 miu6*2 kong3 miao4 = Temple of Confucius

氣孔 hei3 hung2 qi4 kong3 = air hole

汗孔 hon6 hung2 han4 kong3 = sweat pore
See all 37 compounds (CantoDict reports 38 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 孔

乘務員用剪票夾在我們的車票上打孔。國
The train conductor punched our tickets.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 孔
Unicode code for this character: U+5b54 (off-site link)

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