空 Kanji for empty

N5Grade 18 strokes

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

空 is the Japanese kanji for empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum. It is written with 8 strokes and appears at JLPT level N5. Its kun reading is そら、あ.く、あ.き and its on reading is クウ.

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Words with 空

空からemptiness, being empty
空からっぽempty, vacant, hollow
空すくto become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty
空あきspace, room, gap
空くう港こうairport
航こう空くうaviation, flying

Practice 空 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.