真空

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See also: 眞空

Chinese

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real; true; genuine
emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
trad. (真空/眞空) /
simp. (真空)
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (23) (29)
Final () (43) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter tsyin khuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiɪn/ /kʰuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕin/ /kʰuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjen/ /kʰuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cin/ /kʰəwŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiĕn/ /kʰuŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭĕn/ /kʰuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/ /kʰuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhēn kōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zan1 hung1

Noun

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真空

  1. (physics or figuratively) vacuum
    信仰真空  ―  xìnyǎng zhēnkōng  ―  belief vacuum
  2. (Buddhism) any phenomenon without material existence (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

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Verb

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真空

  1. (neologism) to not wear underwear (partially or fully)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 3
くう
Grade: 1
on'yomi goon
Alternative spelling
眞空 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology

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From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 真空 (MC tsyin khuwng).

First attested in the 懐風藻 (Kaifūsō) anthology of Sinitic poetry written by Japanese authors, compiled in 751.[1]

The modern sense of vacuum is first attested in 1876.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(しん)(くう) (shinkū-na (adnominal (しん)(くう) (shinkū na), adverbial (しん)(くう) (shinkū ni))

  1. (rare) vacant, empty

Usage notes

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Monolingual dictionaries do not include any adjective sense,[1][2][3] suggesting that this usage may be a recent development that is not yet considered standard.

Inflection

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Noun

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(しん)(くう) (shinkū

  1. [from 1876] (physics) vacuum: a region of space that contains no matter, a void
  2. [from 1907] (figurative) a blank, an empty slate
    • 1907, Natsume Sōseki, 虞美人草 (Gubijinsō) [The Poppy]‎[1] (fiction):
      (きん)()(ふじ)()(こと)()()くと(あたま)(しん)(くう)になる。
      Kingo to Fujio no koto o hikinuku to atama wa shinkū ni naru.
      Pulling out thoughts of Kingo and Fujio leave his head a blank slate.
  3. [from 751] (Buddhism) sunyata: void, emptiness, non-existence; also, in the early Buddhist schools, enlightenment, nirvana
    Synonyms: (sunyata) (), (nirvana) 涅槃 (nehan)

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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真空 (jin'gong) (hangeul 진공)

  1. Alternative form of 眞空 (vacuum)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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真空

  1. chữ Hán form of chân không (vacuum).