Chinese symbol for “vacancy”
空缺
kòng quē
vacancy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vacancy is 空缺 (kòng quē), defined as: vacancy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vacancy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缺额 (缺額) | quē é | vacancy |
| 遗缺 (遺缺) | yí quē | vacancy |
| 空额 (空額) | kòng é | vacancy; unfilled work place |
| 缺位 | quē wèi | (of a position) to fall vacant; vacant post; a vacancy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 空缺.
| 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 |
| 缺乏 | quē fá | to lack; to be short of |
| 缺少 | quē shǎo | lack; shortage of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vacancy”.
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.