虚

See also: 虛, 虗, and 虎

虚 U+865A, 虚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-865A ← 虙 [U+8659] CJK Unified Ideographs 虛 → [U+865B]

Translingual

Japanese	虚
Simplified	虚
Traditional	虛

Glyph origin

Variant of 虛.

Han character

虚 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜心廿金 (YPTC), four-corner 2121₂, composition ⿸虍业)

Derived characters

• 嘘 戯 墟

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1074, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32708
• Dae Jaweon: page 1541, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2822, character 1
• Unihan data for U+865A

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚 – see 虛 (“empty; hollow; false; worthless; vain; etc.”). (This character, 虚, is the simplified form of 虛.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	虚
Kyūjitai	虛

Kanji

虚

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 虛)

1. emptiness, void
2. falsehood, lie

Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo, Jōyō)
• Kun: むなしい (munashii, 虚しい); うつろ (utsuro, 虚ろ)

Compounds

• 虚引(きょいん) (kyoin)
• 虚栄(きょえい) (kyoei)
• 虚仮(こけ) (koke)
• 虚喝(きょかつ) (kyokatsu)
• 虚偽(きょぎ) (kyogi)
• 虚空(こくう) (kokū)
• 虚言(きょげん) (kyogen)
• 虚構(きょこう) (kyokō)
• 虚左(きょさ) (kyosa)
• 虚字(きょじ) (kyoji)
• 虚辞(きょじ) (kyoji)
• 虚室(きょしつ) (kyoshitsu)
• 虚実(きょじつ) (kyojitsu)
• 虚邪(きょじゃ) (kyoja)
• 虚弱(きょじゃく) (kyojaku)
• 虚心(きょしん) (kyoshin)
• 虚脱(きょだつ) (kyodatsu)
• 虚誕(きょたん) (kyotan)
• 虚無(きょむ) (kyomu)
• 虚妄(きょもう) (kyomō)
• 虚礼(きょれい) (kyorei)
• 虚論(きょろん) (kyoron)
• 虚無僧(こむそう) (komusō)