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孔 = 乙 + 子

孔 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cavity”. It is built from 乙 (fish guts) and 子 (child). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 100.

Keyword
cavity
RTK frame
100
Strokes
4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ, ク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あな
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
полость
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
孔 opening

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 乙 fish guts
  2. 子 child

How to find 孔 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fish guts” + “child”. 孔 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 孔 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.