Chinese Character 孔 Meanings and components.

Form

孔

Meaning

孔 meaning[3] in English

Surname Kong.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 孔 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are son (子) , and component in Chinese … (乚)

Its radical[1] is: 子 (zi5) which means: Son, Child, Seed, Egg, Small Thing, 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat, Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4], Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North), .子zi5son

In cangjie it is written with NDU

How to write 孔

To write孔kong3surname Kong you should write a combination of 子zi5son , 乚yin3component in … arranged in a 吅 shape:

子 + 乚 = 孔

孔 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 孔 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 孔, looks as follow:

孔
Pinyin:kong3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Kong
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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