空 — kanji meaning “empty”
空
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
- Meanings
- empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
- On'yomi
- クウ (kuu)
- Kun'yomi
- そら、あ.く、あ.き、あ.ける、から、す.く、す.かす、むな.しい
- Name readings
- うつ、き、く
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #304 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 116
- Chinese reading
- kōng, kòng — Chinese character page
Words with 空
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空気 | くうき kuuki | air; atmosphere |
| 空港 | くうこう kuukou | airport |
| 空間 | くうかん kuukan | space; room; airspace |
| 航空 | こうくう koukuu | aviation; flying |
| 航空機 | こうくうき koukuuki | aircraft |
| 空中 | くうちゅう kuuchuu | (in) the air; midair; sky |
| 空軍 | くうぐん kuugun | air force |
| 上空 | じょうくう joukuu | sky; the skies; high-altitude sky |
| 空き | あき aki | space; room; gap |
| 架空 | かくう kakuu | fictitious; imaginary; fanciful |
| 青空 | あおぞら aozora | blue sky |
| 空白 | くうはく kuuhaku | blank space (in a document) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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