孔 — kanji meaning “cavity”
孔
cavity, hole, slit, very, great, exceedingly
- Meanings
- cavity, hole, slit, very, great, exceedingly
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)、ク (ku)
- Kun'yomi
- あな
- Name readings
- のり
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2052 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 39
- Chinese reading
- kǒng — Chinese character page
Words with 孔
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孔子 | こうし koushi | Confucius |
| 瞳孔 | どうこう doukou | pupil (of the eye) |
| 孔雀 | くじゃく kujaku | peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick) |
| 穿孔 | せんこう senkou | perforation; punching; boring |
| 多孔 | たこう takou | porous; open (weave) |
| 鼻孔 | びこう bikou | nostril; naris |
| 気孔 | きこう kikou | pore; stoma; stigma |
| 裂孔 | れっこう rekkou | hiatus; hiascent; esophageal hiatus |
| 毛孔 | もうこう moukou | pore (of the skin) |
| 瘻孔 | ろうこう roukou | fistula |
| 孔雀石 | くじゃくせき kujakuseki | malachite |
| 孔版 | こうはん kouhan | mimeograph |
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