空

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

クウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あ.きあ.くあ.けるからす.かすす.くそらむな.しい

Nanori (名乗り)

うつきく

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:8

JLPT:N4

Frequency:304

Vocabulary

クウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
宇宙空間	ウチュウクウカン	(outer) space
架空	カクウ	fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; fabricated; aerial; overhead
空間	クウカン	space; room; airspace
空気	クウキ	air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
空虚	クウキョ	emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; void; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
空オケ	カラオケ	karaoke
架空	がくう	fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; fabricated; aerial; overhead
空ける	あける	to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock; to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn; to grow light; to end (of a period, season); to begin (of the New Year); to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for); to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
空	から	emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; empty-handed; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false; no-show (reservation); put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.); empty (compliments); insincere
空	カラ	emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; empty-handed; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false; no-show (reservation); put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.); empty (compliments); insincere

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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withdraw, draw in, hold back, refrain from, be moderate

plug up, obstruct

stealth, steal, secret, private, hushed

room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar

home, house, residence, our house, my husband

research, study

crimson, deep red

products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

public chamber, hall