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Type Surname
Usage Chinese
Scripts (Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. /kʰʊŋ/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Chinese 孔 (kǒng) meaning "hole, opening". According to legend, this name was created by Cheng Tang, the founder and first king of the Shang dynasty. He formed it by combining the character for his family name, 子 () (his full personal name was Zi Lü), with 乙 (yǐ), the second part of his style name, Da Yi (or Tai Yi). This was the family name of 6th-century BC Chinese philosopher Confucius.
Added 6/23/2021 by HL


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