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.

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这块木板上有一个小

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,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

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

zhēn kǒng

pinhole

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

钻孔

zuān kǒng

to bore a hole

鼻孔

bí kǒng

nostril

鼻孔朝天

bí kǒng cháo tiān

lit. to have one's nose in the air (idiom)

齿孔

chǐ kǒng

perforations (on a postage stamp)

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