空

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

空 (radical 116 穴+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十金一 (JCM), four-corner 3010₁, composition ⿱穴工)

1. sky, empty, hollow, bare, deserted

References

• KangXi: page 863, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25415
• Dae Jaweon: page 1289, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2719, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7A7A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

空 (Yale hung1)

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Japanese

Prefix

空 (hiragana うつ, romaji utsu)

1. empty(ness)
2. empty space, spare room

Derived terms

• 空蝉 utsusemi)

Etymology 1

/utuho/: utupo > utuɸo > utuwo > utuo. See also utsubo.

Noun

空 (hiragana うつお, romaji utsuo, historical hiragana うつほ)

1. empty
2. hollow

Etymology 2

Similar etymology to utsuo. As /h/ gradually change from [p] > [ɸ] > [w] > [Ø], the phoneme was voiced to [b] in order to maintain it.

Noun

空 (hiragana うつぼ, romaji utsubo)

1. empty
2. hollow

Noun

空 (hiragana そら, romaji sora)

1. the sky

Synonyms

• 天 (てん, ten)

Noun

空 (hiragana から, romaji kara)

1. emptiness

Derived terms

• カラオケ (karaoke)

Noun

空 (hiragana くう, romaji kū)

1. empty air
2. (Japanese Buddhism) One of the 五大 (godai; lit. "great five); also known as 天 (そら, sora) and is of particular importance as the highest of the five elements. It also represents those things that are beyond one's everyday experiences, particularly those things composed of pure energy.
   1. (Bodily) represents one's spirit, thought, and creative energy. It represents one's ability to think and to communicate, as well one's creativity. It can also be associated with power, creativity, spontaneity, and inventiveness.
   2. (Martial arts) a philosophy; when exercised, the power of the Void allows one to connect to the quintessential creative energy of the world. A martial arts practitioner, who is properly attuned into the 'Void', can sense their surroundings, the presences of others, and to act without thinking and without using their physical senses, via this mindstate of inner peace.

Compounds

• 真空 (しんくう, shinkū) (“vacuum”)
• 空気 (くうき, kūki) (“air”)

Prefix

空 (hiragana から, romaji kara)

1. empty
   • 空箱
2. ineffectual
   • 空振り
3. false
   • 空元気

Prefix

空 (hiragana むな, romaji muna)

1. empty

Derived terms

• 空しい (munashii)
• 空言 (munakoto)

Noun

空 (hiragana うろ, romaji uro)

1. hollow

Kanji

空 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: くう (kū)
• Kun: から (kara), あく (aku), そら (sora), すく (suku)

Compounds

青空 aozora - blue sky 青空市場 aozora ichiba - open air market 冬空 fuyuzora - winter sky 空っぽ karappo - void 空手 karate - karate 空オケ karaoke - karaoke 空気 kūki - air, atmosphere 空間 kūkan - space, room, airspace 空港 kūkō - airport 空中 kūchū - in the air, aerial 空輸 kūyu - airline, air transportation 空洞 kūdō - grotto, cave

空腹 kūfuku - empty belly 空白 kūhaku - void 空席 kūseki - vacant seat 真空 shinkū - vacuum, void 架空 kakū - fiction 虚空 kokū - void, space, void, empty 航空 kōkū - aviation 航空便 kōkūbin - airmail, postal transport by airplane 空き缶 akikan - empty (beverage) can 空き瓶 akibin - empty bottle 空き巣狙い akisunerai - burglar 空しい munashii - void, empty

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Korean

Hanja

空
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 공 (revised: gong, McCune-Reischauer: kong, Yale: kong)

• Name (hangeul): 빌 (revised: bil)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

空 (pinyin kōng (kong1), kǒng (kong3), kòng (kong4), Wade-Giles k'ung¹, k'ung³, k'ung⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

空 (không, khỏng, cung, khung)