孔子

Traditional form:

孔子

Pinyin (reading):

Kǒngzǐ

Definitions:

• Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子 ( Kǒngfūzǐ)

Characters:

• 孔 - opening, hole, orifice; great
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 孔 - opening, hole, orifice; great
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing