Chinese symbol for “hole”
孔
kǒng
hole; 个 (gè); classifier for cave dwellings
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hole is 孔 (kǒng), defined as: hole; 个 (gè); classifier for cave dwellings.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hole”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口子 | kǒu zi | hole; opening |
| 坑洞 | kēng dòng | hole; pit |
| 窍 (竅) | qiào | hole; opening |
| 窟窿 | kū long | hole; pocket |
| 破洞 | pò dòng | a hole |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 孔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 面孔 | miàn kǒng | face |
| 脸孔 (臉孔) | liǎn kǒng | face |
| 孔雀 | kǒng què | peafowl; peacock |
| 瞳孔 | tóng kǒng | pupil (of the eye) |
| 穿孔 | chuān kǒng | to punch a hole; to perforate; (medicine) perforation |
| 毛孔 | máo kǒng | pore |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hole”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.