孔夫子 kǒng fū zǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3]

CHARACTERS

孔 kǒng opening, hole, orifice; great
夫 fū man, male adult, husband; those
子 zǐ offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch