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空

8 strokes
Radical:
cave 穴
Parts:
儿 宀 工 穴
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Kun:
そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい
On:
クウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
304 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 空 【クウ】 empty air, sky, shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon), emptiness, air force, fruitlessness, meaninglessness, void (one of the five elements), empty (e.g. set)
  • 空域 【クウイキ】 airspace
  • 領空 【リョウクウ】 territorial airspace
  • 防空 【ボウクウ】 air defense, air defence

Kun reading compounds

  • 空 【そら】 sky, the air, the heavens, weather, far-off place, distant place, state of mind, feeling, (from) memory, (by) heart, falsehood, lie, somehow, vaguely, fake
  • 空模様 【そらもよう】 look of the sky, weather
  • 定めなき空 【さだめなきそら】 changeable weather
  • 晴れた空 【はれたそら】 clear sky, cloudless sky
  • 開く 【あく】 to open (e.g. doors), to open (e.g. business, etc.), to be empty, to be vacant, to be available, to be free, to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.), to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to come to an end, to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
  • 空き 【あき】 space, room, gap, emptiness, vacancy, opening, empty seat, free time, time to spare, disuse, unused thing
  • 空き缶 【あきかん】 empty can
  • 開ける 【あける】 to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
  • 空 【から】 emptiness, being empty, not carrying anything, unburdened, empty-handed, dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.), false, no-show (reservation), put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.), empty (compliments), insincere
  • 空手 【からて】 karate, being empty-handed, having nothing in one's hands
  • もぬけの殻 【もぬけのから】 completely empty (of a residence, etc.), vacant, deserted, body from which the soul has left, corpse, shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
  • 空く 【すく】 to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty, to be hungry
  • 空かす 【すかす】 to feel hungry, to get hungry
  • 虚しい 【むなしい】 empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless

Readings

Japanese names:
うつ、 き、 く
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kong1, kong4
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • cielo
  • atmósfera
  • vacío
  • vacante
  • quedarse vacío
  • vaciar

Portuguese

  • esvaziar
  • ceú
  • desocupado
  • vazio
  • vácuo

French

  • vide
  • ciel
  • vacant
  • creux
65 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
66 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
15 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
233 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3317 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
184 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
77 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
723 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
140 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
140 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
461 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1452 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2767 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1418 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1913 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1327 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25415 Morohashi
2227 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4192 New Nelson (John Haig)
1317 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1414 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
304 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
73 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
772 2001 Kanji
3m5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-5-3 SKIP code
3010.1 Four corner code
1-22-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a7a Unicode hex code

寂

11 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
卜 又 宀 小
loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature, death of a priest
Kun:
さび、 さび.しい、 さび.れる、 さみ.しい
On:
ジャク、 セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1599 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寂 【ジャク】 (entering into) nirvana, died, silent, tranquil
  • 寂然 【セキゼン】 lonely, desolate, forlornness, desolation
  • 和敬清寂 【ワケイセイジャク】 harmony, respect, purity and tranquility, the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
  • 空寂 【クウジャク】 complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things), nirvana (where this emptiness is realized), quiet and lonely
  • 寂 【ジャク】 (entering into) nirvana, died, silent, tranquil
  • 寂然 【セキゼン】 lonely, desolate, forlornness, desolation
  • 闃寂 【ゲキセキ】 silent and still, desolate
  • 寂々 【セキセキ】 sad, lonesome, desolate

Kun reading compounds

  • 寂 【さび】 patina, antique look, elegant simplicity, well-trained voice
  • 寂しい 【さびしい】 lonely, lonesome, solitary, desolate
  • 侘と寂 【わびとさび】 taste for the simple and quiet, wabi and sabi
  • 寂々 【せきせき】 sad, lonesome, desolate
  • 寂しい 【さびしい】 lonely, lonesome, solitary, desolate
  • 寂れる 【さびれる】 to decline (in prosperity), to become deserted, to become desolate, to taper off (of a sound)
  • 寂しい 【さびしい】 lonely, lonesome, solitary, desolate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4, ji2
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • soledad
  • solitario
  • morir
  • caer

Portuguese

  • isolamento
  • calmamente
  • amadurecer
  • amadurecimento
  • morte de um padre

French

  • solitude
  • tranquillement
  • mûr
  • patiné
  • mort d'un prêtre
1345 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1871 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1315 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1300 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1213 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1436 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1669 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1784 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1380 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
487 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2855 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1472 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1982 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
727 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7200 Morohashi
2290 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1342 New Nelson (John Haig)
720 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
777 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1422 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
767 2001 Kanji
3m8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
3094.7 Four corner code
1-28-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bc2 Unicode hex code