Chinese symbol for “hollow”
空虚
kōng xū
Traditional: 空虛
hollow; emptiness; meaningless
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hollow is 空虚 (kōng xū), defined as: hollow; emptiness; meaningless.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hollow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空心 | kōng xīn | hollow; (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside |
| 中空 | zhōng kōng | hollow; empty interior |
| 坑 | kēng | pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel |
| 芤 | kōu | hollow; scallion stalk |
| 干 (乾) | gān | dry; dried food |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 空虚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 天空 | tiān kōng | sky |
| 空中 | kōng zhōng | in the sky; in the air |
| 太空 | tài kōng | outer space |
| 虚拟 (虛擬) | xū nǐ | to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical |
| 虚假 (虛假) | xū jiǎ | false; phony; sham |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hollow”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.