孔
cavity, exceedingly, great, hole, slit, very

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

クコウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あな

Nanori (名乗り)

のり

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:4
JLPT:1
Frequency:2052

Vocabulary

ク

WordReadingMeaning
孔雀クジャクpeafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
孔雀クジャクpeafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
孔雀石クジャクセキmalachite
孔雀明王クジャクミョウオウMahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)
孔雀草クジャクソウmarigold (esp. the French marigold, Tagetes patula); plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria); northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)

コウ

WordReadingMeaning
孔子コウシConfucius
瞳孔ドウコウpupil (of the eye)
気孔キコウpore; stoma; stigma; vesicle
空気孔クウキコウair pocket; air hole
細孔サイコウpore; small cavity; puncture

Other

WordReadingMeaning
孔あなhole; opening; orifice; perforation; pit; hollow; cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground); burrow; den; lair; holt; hole; deficit; shortage; (financial) hole; loss; gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.); vacancy; opening; flaw; fault; defect; weak point; hole (in a theory, plan, etc.); loophole; good place not many people know about; well-kept secret; upset victory (with a large payoff); long shot; dark horse; (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre); hiding place; hideout
孔子くじConfucius
毛孔けあなpore (of the skin)
鍵孔かぎあなkeyhole
せん孔せんこうperforation; punching; boring; drilling

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

子
11PM-1AM, child, first sign of Chinese zodiac, sign of the rat
Grade 1JLPT 5
乳
breasts, milk
Grade 6JLPT 2
孤
alone, orphan
Grade 8JLPT 1
地
earth, ground
Grade 2JLPT 4
妃
princess, queen
Grade 8JLPT 1
孫
descendants, grandchild
Grade 4JLPT 2
教
doctrine, faith, teach
Grade 2JLPT 4
郭
enclosure, fortification, quarters, red-light district
Grade 8JLPT 1
化
-ization, change, delude, enchant, influence, take the form of
Grade 3JLPT 3
元
beginning, former time, origin
Grade 2JLPT 4