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孔

cavity
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingコウ、ク
Kun readingあな

Meanings

  1. cavityRtK
    孔子の言説は有名である。The sayings of Confucius are famous.tatoeba
  2. hole
    こうした熊独特の特徴が、熊が動かずに狩猟すること(アザラシの呼吸孔の脇でじっと動かず、アザラシが海面に上がってくるのを待つ)を好む説明になっている。These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).tatoeba
    アザラシは夜にいっそう頻繁に浮上してくるのだから、熊がアザラシを呼吸孔のところで捕まえる可能性は夕暮れ以降により高くなるのである。The seals surface more frequently then, so a bear's chance of catching one at a breathing hole is greater after nightfall.tatoeba
  3. slit
  4. very
  5. great
  6. exceedingly
  1. opening
  2. orifice
  3. perforation
  4. pit

Radicals and components

Radical子child
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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child (子) · fishhook

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 100

Compound words

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 孔

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step