| 1156 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1588 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4109 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1484 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1712 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1519 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1572 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1678 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1741 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1601 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4017 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2053 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2778 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2012 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32708 | Morohashi |
| 3237 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5269 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1993 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2148 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1481 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1454 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 虚 【キョ】 unpreparedness, falsehood, Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 虚偽 【キョギ】 falsehood, untruth, lie, misinformation, fallacy
- 盈虚 【エイキョ】 waxing and waning (of the moon), phase, rising and falling (of fortune)
- 太虚 【タイキョ】 the sky, the heavens, Great Void (in ancient Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi)
- 虚偽 【キョギ】 falsehood, untruth, lie, misinformation, fallacy
- 虚空 【コクウ】 empty space, empty sky
Kun reading compounds
- 虚しい 【むなしい】 empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless
- 虚ろ 【うつろ】 cavity, hollow, void, hollow (voice, smile, etc.), blank (eyes, look, etc.), vacant (expression, stare, etc.), empty (words, heart, etc.)
- 虚舟 【うつろぶね】 unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)
Readings
- Korean:
- heo
Spanish
- vacío
- vano
- hueco
Portuguese
- vazio
- vacuidade
- despreparo
- abertura
- fissura
- falsidade
French
- vide
- impréparation
- craquelure
- fissure
- contre-vérité
| 1274 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 3-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 2121.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 865a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
326 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 説 【セツ】 theory, doctrine, opinion, view, rumour, rumor, gossip, hearsay
- 説明 【セツメイ】 explanation, exposition, description, account, caption, legend
- 論説 【ロンセツ】 article, discourse, dissertation, (written) argument, commentary, editorial, leading article, leader
- 定説 【テイセツ】 established theory, accepted opinion, accepted explanation
- 遊説 【ユウゼイ】 election tour, election campaign, stumping
- 全国遊説 【ゼンコクユウゼイ】 nationwide election campaign
Kun reading compounds
- 説く 【とく】 to explain, to preach, to advocate, to persuade, to prevail upon, to reason with, to urge (someone to do)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さとし、 とき
- Korean:
- seol, se, yeol
Spanish
- opinión
- teoría
- explicar
- expresar
Portuguese
- rumor
- opinião
- teoria
French
- théorie
- rumeur
- opinion
- thèse
| 654 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 553 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 524 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 307 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4373 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 216 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 251 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2143 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.9 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 400 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 404 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 292 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1688 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1949 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1042 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1405 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 511 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35556P | Morohashi |
| 1547 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5627 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 499 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 538 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 240 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 620 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3057 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a7.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 0861.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8aac | Unicode hex code |