孔

cavity, hole, slit, very, great, exceedingly

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:N1

Frequency:2052

Vocabulary

ク

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

queen, princess

grandchild, descendants

teach, faith, doctrine

enclosure, quarters, fortification, red-light district

change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

beginning, former time, origin