Kanji

Level: N4 Strokes: 8

空

Meaning in English

empty, sky, void

Readings

Onyomi: クウ Kunyomi: そら, あ.く, あ.き, あ.ける, から, す.く, す.かす, むな.しい Romaji: kuu / sora, a.ku, a.ki, a.keru, kara, su.ku, su.kasu, muna.shii

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

空

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese vazio, céu, vazio

Spanish vacío, cielo, vacío

Korean 텅 빈, 하늘, 공허

French vide, ciel, néant

Italian vuoto, cielo, vuoto

German leerer Himmel, Leere

Indonesian kosong, langit, kehampaan

★ Vietnamese trống rỗng, bầu trời, khoảng không

Thai ว่างเปล่า, ท้องฟ้า, ช่องว่าง

Related kanji

N3 突 totsu, ka / tsu.ku stab, protruding, thrust N4 究 kyuu, ku / kiwa.meru research, study, recherche N1 窃 setsu / nusu.mu, hiso.ka stealth, steal, secret N3 窓 sou, su / mado, tenmado, kemudashi window, pane, fenêtre N1 穴 ketsu / ana hole, aperture, slit N1 窒 chitsu plug up, obstruct, obstruer N1 窟 kutsu, kotsu / iwaya, ihaya, ana cavern, grotte, caverne N1 窮 kyuu, kyou / kiwa.meru, kiwa.maru, kiwa.mari, kiwa.mi hard up, destitute, suffer N1 窯 you / kama kiln, oven, furnace

Words with this kanji

N1 空ろ utsuro blank, hollow, empty N1 大空 oozora heaven, the sky N1 空間 kuukan space, room, airspace N1 空腹 kuufuku hunger N1 上空 joukuu sky, high-altitude sky, upper air N1 空しい munashii vacant, futile, vain N2 架空 kakuu imaginary, fiction, fanciful N2 空っぽ karappo empty, vacant, hollow N2 空～ kuu～ empty ~