Chinese symbol for “vacuum”
真空
zhēn kōng
(physics) vacuum; (fig.) vacuum; (slang) to not wear underwear
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vacuum is 真空 (zhēn kōng), defined as: (physics) vacuum; (fig.) vacuum; (slang) to not wear underwear.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 真空.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true; really; indeed |
| 真是 | zhēn shi | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) |
| 真实 (真實) | zhēn shí | true; real |
| 认真 (認真) | rèn zhēn | conscientious; earnest |
| 真相 | zhēn xiàng | the truth about sth; the actual facts |
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vacuum”.
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.