孔子

Chinese

		Kong (surname)	respectful suffix for a male
simp. and trad. (孔子)		孔	子

Proper noun

孔子

1. Confucius

   • 孔子見老聃，老聃新沐，方將被髮而乾，慹然似非人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孔子见老聃，老聃新沐，方将被发而干，𰑔然似非人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Kǒngzǐ jiàn Lǎodān, Lǎodān xīnmù, fāngjiāng bèifà ér qián, zhérán sì fēirén. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 仲尼 (Zhòngní)
• 先師／先师 (xiānshī)
• 先聖／先圣 (xiānshèng)
• 夫子 (fūzǐ)
• 孔 (kǒng)
• 孔丘 (Kǒng Qiū)
• 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ)
• 孔子公 (Hokkien)
• 素王 (sùwáng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孔子):

• → Japanese: 孔(こう)子(し) (Kōshi)
• → Korean: 공자(孔子) (Gongja)
• → Vietnamese: Khổng Tử (孔子)

Others:

• → English: Kongzi
• → Kazakh: Құң-зы (Qūñ-zy)
• → Khmer: ខុងជឺ (khong cɨɨ)
• → Lao: ຂົງຈື້ (khong chư̄)
• → Manchu: ᡴᡠᠩᡯᡳ (kungdzi)
• → Mongolian: Күнз (Künz)
• → Russian: Ку́н-цзы́ (Kún-czý)
• → Thai: ขงจื๊อ (kǒng-jʉ́ʉ)
• → Tibetan: ཁུང་ཙི (khung tsi)
• → Uyghur: كۇڭزى (kungzi)
• → Zhuang: Gungjswj

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
孔	子
こう Grade: S	し Grade: 1
kan'on

Kanji in this term
孔	子
く Grade: S	し > じ Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 孔子 (MC khuwngX tsiX).

Proper noun

孔(こう)子(し) or 孔(く)子(じ) • (Kōshi or Kuji) 

1. Confucius

   Synonym: 孔夫子 (Kō Fūshi)

See also

• 孔(く)子(じ)倒(だお)れ (Kujidaore)
• 孔(く)子(じ)の役(やく) (Kuji no yaku)
• 孔(こう)子(し)頭(あたま) (Kōshiatama)
• 孔(こう)子(し)顔(がお) (Kōshigao)
• 孔(こう)子(し)家(け)語(ご) (Kōshi Kego)
• 孔(こう)子(し)廟(びょう) (Kōshibyō)
• 諸(しょ)子(し)百(ひゃっ)家(か) (Shoshi Hyakka)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
孔	子

Proper noun

孔子 • (Gongja) (hangeul 공자)

1. Hanja form^? of 공자 (“Confucius”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
孔	子

Proper noun

孔子

1. chữ Hán form of Khổng Tử (“Confucius”).