As a surname: 孔 (Khổng/Kong) — most famously in 孔子 (Confucius).

by extension, surname “Kong” (as in Confucius 孔子)

Compound character:
子 (자, child) – semantic component.
乙 (을, the 2nd heavenly stem, also hook-like stroke) – represents a bent/hooked shape.
Together: “a child emerging through an opening” - hole, aperture.

孔子 (공자) — Confucius
氣孔 (기공) — pore, air hole
漏洞孔 (누공) — leak hole, perforation
孔洞 (공동) — cavity, hollow

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

to marry, marriage, wedding

married woman, lady, wife, daughter-in-law

medium

husband’s family

to marry (of a woman), to go to the husband’s home, to give a daughter in marriage

to hate, to resent, to be jealous of

to dislike, to detest, to avoid, to shun

young lady, miss, maiden

hole, opening, aperture

character, letter, name

to exist, to be present, to remain

filial piety

season (esp. last of a cycle, e.g., winter as the last season), the end, final stage, youngest child, youngest sibling

grandchild, descendant, offspring

who, which, what

to study, to learn, learning, teaching

house, residence, dwelling

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Chinese character

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孔

Etymology

Usage in Korean

Words that derived from 孔

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