孔
aperture; cavity; hole; slit; very; great; exceedingly
4 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2052.
Readings
- コウ (on reading): 鼻孔 (びこう) nostril; 瞳孔 (どうこう) pupil (of the eye)
- ク (on reading): 孔雀 (くじゃく) peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick); 孔雀石 (くじゃくせき) malachite
- あな (kun reading): 鰓孔 (えらあな) gill slit; 孔を穿つ (あなをうがつ) to pierce a hole
- Read as a whole word: 針孔 (めど) eye of a needle; 針孔 (みず) eye of a needle
Components
Kanji containing 孔
- 吼 bark
Words using 孔
- 鼻孔 (びこう) nostril
- 瞳孔 (どうこう) pupil (of the eye)
- 穿孔 (せんこう) perforation
- 気孔 (きこう) pore
- 多孔 (たこう) porous
- 孔雀 (くじゃく) peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
- 孔雀石 (くじゃくせき) malachite
- 孔雀明王 (くじゃくみょうおう) Mahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)
- 珪孔雀石 (けいくじゃくせき) chrysocolla
- 孔子の倒れ (くじのたおれ) anyone can make a mistake
- 鰓孔 (えらあな) gill slit
- 孔を穿つ (あなをうがつ) to pierce a hole
- 弾機孔針 (だんきあなはり) split-eye needle
- 普通孔針 (ふつうあなはり) needle with a normal eye
- 音孔 (おとあな) tone hole
- 針孔 (めど) eye of a needle
- 針孔 (みず) eye of a needle
106 words in all.