孔

surname Kong

孔 = 乚 + 孑 : Karl Koala (ku) created one 孔 cave dwelling by digging a hole (孔) into one of the engine's ((e)ng3) boulders using a shovel (乚). Unfortunately there are many mosquitoes (孑) and Karl tries to kill them using the shovel.

孔

kǒng = ku + (e)ng3

hole / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for cave dwellings

孔 character breakdown

孔
- 乚
- 子
  - 一
  - 了
    - 乛
    - 亅
- 孑
  - 一
  - 了
    - 乛
    - 亅
  - 子
    - 一
    - 了
      - 乛
      - 亅

乚

yà = y + a4

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a shovel (乚).

Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) digging her own grave with a shovel in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

子

zǐ = z + Ø3

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

子 = 了 + 一 : Zorro wants to eat an egg in the space station, and he already put it in a prize cup, as he has no egg cup. He also lacks a spoon, so he uses a big flute to crush the egg open.

子

zi = z + Ø5

(noun suffix)

孑

jié = ji + e2

all alone

孑 = 了 + 一 : Just inside the elevator's kitchen Joan of Arc hands a prize cup to a very proud mosquito. The mosquito won a flute-playing contest.

Characters with 孔 as component

吼

hǒu = h + ou3

to roar / to howl / to shriek / roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage

吼 = 口 + 孔 : Hamlet (h) accidentally dropped his last mandarin (口) in the only hole (孔) in the outhouse (ou3) and howls (吼) loudly over his loss.

芤

ko̅u = k + ou1

hollow / scallion stalk

Words with 孔

多

duo̅

孔

kǒng

porous

孔

kǒng

径

徑

jìng

diameter of hole

孔

kǒng

德

dé

Auguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher

孔

kǒng

隙

xì

pore (geology)

孔

kǒng

丘

qiu̅

Confucius

基

ji̅

孔

kǒng

肯

kěn

雅

yǎ

热

熱

rè

chikungunya fever

孔

kǒng

乙

yǐ

己

jǐ

Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]

孔

kǒng

丛

叢

cóng

子

zǐ

the K'ung family Masters' anthology, collection of dialogues between Confucius and his disciples, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅|王肃[Wang2 Su4]

多

duo̅

孔

kǒng

动

動

dòng

物

wù

Porifera (phylum of sponges)

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duo̅