孔

surname Kong

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

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

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-

(noun suffix)

all alone

see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮[bai3 kong3 qian1 chuang1]

lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.) / to sing from the same hymn sheet

the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth

abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)

see 九孔[jiu3 kong3]

manhole

Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing

(of a musical instrument) blow hole

round hole

partial view / limited outlook