HSK 6 · Objects

孔 kǒng “hole” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 孔 means

  1. hole
  2. opening
  3. classifier for cave dwellings

Measure word 个 gè · 一个孔 yí ge kǒng

How to say 孔

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale孔kǒng3rd tone, dipping

孔 in a sentence

  1. 我右鼻孔里有豌豆。

    Wǒ yòu bíkǒng lǐ yǒu wāndòu.

    There’s a pea in my right nostril.

    Sentence #5685886 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 孔 is also a surname, as in 孔子 (Confucius)

    孔子的本名是孔丘。

    Kǒngzǐ de běnmíng shì Kǒng Qiū.

    Confucius’s real name was Kong Qiu.

    Sentence #13949345 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 孔 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 孔 (kǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
孔kǒnghole
  • 子child · zǐ
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

How to write 孔

孔 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

孔 (kǒng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 孔 (kǒng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 孔

More words: Objects & Materials

古董gǔdǒng · antique棍棒gùnbàng · club剑jiàn · sword坑kēng · pit空隙kòngxì · gap筐kuāng · basket喇叭lǎba · horn蜡烛làzhú · candle

FAQs

孔 (kǒng) means “hole” or “opening”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kǒng: kǒng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 孔 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one hole is 一个孔 (yí ge kǒng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 孔 from the suggestions. Typing kong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
孔 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.