Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
cave
Parts:
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
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

12 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
lend
Kun:
か.すか.し-かし-
On:
タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N4
995 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 貸与 【タイヨ】 loan, lending
  • 貸借 【タイシャク】 loan, debit and credit, lending and borrowing
  • 賃貸 【チンタイ】 leasing (out), renting out, hiring out, letting
  • 転貸 【テンタイ】 subleasing

Kun reading compounds

  • 貸す 【かす】 to lend, to loan, to rent out, to hire out

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dai4
Korean:
dae, teug

Spanish

  • préstamo
  • prestar
  • alquilar

Portuguese

  • Emprestar

French

  • prêter
  • louer
670 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
770 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
747 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
844 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4503 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
472 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
252 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.13 Japanese for Busy People
748 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
761 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
183 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1730 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3213 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1664 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2254 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1016 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36709 Morohashi
2600 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5792 New Nelson (John Haig)
1007 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1082 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
759 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2161 2001 Kanji
7b5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
2380.6 Four corner code
1-34-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cb8 Unicode hex code