Info on the Kanji 空

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What is this? "空"

Meaning(s)

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

Reading(s)

onyomi KUU
kunyomi sora, a-ku, a-keru, kara

Other

stroke count 8
grade 1
jlpt level N4
Example words with 空
WordMeaning
そら
sora
sky / hollow / cavity / hole
あめそら
ame sora
rainy sky / sky as it looks when it is about to rain / threatening sky
なつぞら
natsuzora
summer sky / summery weather / clear, blazing summer weather
あき
aki
space / room / emptiness / gap / opening / vacancy / empty seat / free time / time to spare / disuse / unused thing
あく
aku
to open / to open / to be empty / to be vacant / to be available / to be free / to be open / to have been opened / to come to an end / to open / to have a hole / to form a gap / to have an interval
あけ
ake
absentmindedness / dreaminess / simpleton / fool
そらろ
sora ro
blank / cavity / hollow / empty
そらめ
sora me
blank email
そらや
sora ya
vacant house / unoccupied house
そらおと
sora oto
imitated cry / lie
あきや
akiya
vacant house / unoccupied house
くうかん
kuukan
vacancy / room for rent or lease
そらそら
sora sora
empty / vacant / void
そらげん
sora gen
falsehood / lie
くうぎょう
kuugyou
blank line
そらしつ
sora shitsu
vacant or unoccupied room
くうしゃ
kuusha
empty conveyance / free taxi / parking lot with spaces available
からて
karate
karate / empty handed
そらいろ
sorairo
sky-blue
くうぜん
kuuzen
unprecedented / record-breaking
あきち
akichi
vacant land
そらちゃ
sora cha
tea served without sweets
くうちゅう
kuuchuu
sky / air
そらみせ
sora mise
empty house / empty shop
くうてん
kuuten
racing / idling / arguing in circles with no result
そらでん
sora den
static
くうはく
kuuhaku
blank space / vacuum / space / null
そらはつ
sora hatsu
explosion without effect / wasted bullets
そらかぜ
sora kaze
dry wind
くうぶん
kuubun
dead letter
くうぼ
kuubo
aircraft carrier
そらほう
sora hou
arching backward / looking up
そらめい
sora mei
empty name / false reputation
そらき
sora ki
deutzia / deutzia crenata
そらめ
sora me
turning a blind eye / misperception
そらり
sora ri
abstract or impracticable theory
こうそら
kou sora
international airspace / international space
こうくう
koukuu
high altitude
じくう
jikuu
space-time
あきそら
aki sora
autumn sky / clear blue autumnal sky
じょうくう
joukuu
sky / the skies / high-altitude sky / upper air
しんくう
shinkuu
vacuum / hollow / empty
あおぞら
aozora
blue sky
おおぞら
oozora
heavens / firmament / sky
ちゅうくう
chuukuu
hollow / emptiness / mid-air / the air
あさそら
asa sora
morning sky
てんくう
tenkuu
sky / air / ether / firmament
ふゆそら
fuyu sora
winter sky
よぞら
yozora
night sky
ゆうそら
yuu sora
evening sky / twilight sky
かすあかす
aka su
to feel hungry / to get hungry
き屋あきや
aki ya
vacant house / unoccupied house
き家あきや
akiya
vacant house / unoccupied house
き間あきま
akima
vacancy / room for rent or lease
き室あきしつ
aki shitsu
vacant or unoccupied room
き車あきくるま
aki kuruma
empty conveyance / free taxi / parking lot with spaces available
き地あきち
akichi
vacant land
き店あきみせ
aki mise
empty house / empty shop
けるあける
ake ru
to open / to unwrap / to unlock / to open / to empty / to clear out / to make space / to make room / to dawn / to grow light / to end
け者あけもの
ake mono
fool / blockhead / idiot / dunce
しいむなしい
munashi i
vacant / futile / vain / void / empty / ineffective / lifeless
しくむなしく
munashi ku
in vain / to no purpose / fruitlessly
だきそらだき
sora daki
heating a vessel without water in it / heating an empty pan, kettle, boiler, bathtub, etc.
っぽからっぽ
karappo
empty / vacant / hollow
っ風あっ風
atsu
cold, strong, dry wind
の旅そらのたび
sora no tabi
air travel / air trip
オケそらおけ
sora oke
karaoke
下手そらへた
sora heta
utterly lacking in ability
気口くうきくち
kuuki kuchi
vent
元気からげんき
karagenki
bravado
高いそらたかい
sora takai
high in the sky
高くそらたかく
sora takaku
high in the sky
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Example Sentences with 空
おなかいた!

いつご飯食べるの?お腹いたよ。

この港は新千歳港ほど便数が多くないので、送迎デッキから見ても最初は飛行機がいませんでした。

そうです、異常音は冷ファンの最後の断末魔だったのです。



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