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Kanji Detail for 孔 - "hole, very, confucius"
孔
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Meaning
孔 means "hole, very, confucius."
Hole - Gap; hollow; cavity.
Very - Greatly; extremely.
Confucius - Short for "Kōshi" (Confucius).
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Tattoo check: 孔
- Verified meaning: hole, very, confucius
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read こう, こうの, こん, たかし)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 孔
Given names 孔(たかし)
孔(とおる)
Surnames 孔(こう)
孔(こうの)
孔(こん)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
cavity; hole; slit; very; great; exceedingly
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
opening, hole, orifice; great
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Kong
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
opening, hole, orifice; great
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Very; greatly. Such as 謀夫孔多, meaning those giving advice are very many. See (Book of Odes). | A hole. Such as 眼孔 (eye socket), 鼻孔 (nostril). | To pass through. Such as 孔道, meaning a passage.
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Sentences including 孔
The sayings of Confucius are famous.
It's a peacock. It was a peacock that cried just now.
The pupils of the eyes contract in sunlight.
アザラシは夜にいっそう頻繁に浮上してくるのだから、熊がアザラシを呼吸孔のところで捕まえる可能性は夕暮れ以降により高くなるのである。
The seals surface more frequently then, so a bear's chance of catching one at a breathing hole is greater after nightfall.
こうした熊独特の特徴が、熊が動かずに狩猟すること（アザラシの呼吸孔の脇でじっと動かず、アザラシが海面に上がってくるのを待つ）を好む説明になっている。
These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).