孔

kǒng

hole

surname Kong; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings

child (子) + hidden curve (乚) = hole

乚 depicts a hook or hidden curve — a turning, enclosed shape. A child (子) curled small enough to slip through such a narrow opening evokes something hollow and passable.

子+乚→孔
乚A hiddenSemantic
子ChildSemantic

这块木板上有一个小孔。

zhè kuài mù bǎn shàng yǒu yī gè xiǎo kǒng。

there is a small hole in this wooden board.

工人在墙上打了两个孔,用来挂画。

gōng rén zài qiáng shàng dǎ le liǎng gè kǒng,yòng lái guà huà。

the worker drilled two holes in the wall to hang pictures.

Words with 孔

孔林

kǒng lín

the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty

孔孟之道

kǒng mèng zhī dào

the teaching of Confucius and Mencius

针孔

zhēn kǒng

pinhole

钻孔

zuān kǒng

to bore a hole

通气孔

tōng qì kǒng

an airvent

通风孔

tōng fēng kǒng

air vent

过孔

guò kǒng

(electronics) via (a type of hole in a circuit board)

针孔摄影机

zhēn kǒng shè yǐng jī

pinhole camera

锚链孔

máo liàn kǒng

hawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship)

锪孔

huō kǒng

an enlargement at the outer end of a drilled hole, either funnel-shaped (a countersink) or cylindrical (a counterbore)

锁孔

suǒ kǒng

keyhole

鼻孔

bí kǒng

nostril

More characters with 子

孛厚李享斿仔耔孜