孔子 kǒng zǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]

CHARACTERS

孔 kǒng opening, hole, orifice; great
子 zǐ offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch