EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    empty nest

    空巣にやられた。
    Our house was robbed while we were away.
  2. empty house; empty home

  3. burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses); sneak thief; prowler

    Abbreviationsee 空き巣狙い

Also written 空巣【あきす】明き巣【あきす】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
304 of 2500
Radical
cave
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

うつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-5, 2-5-3SKIP code
3m5.12The Kanji Dictionary
3010.1Four corner code
772deroo
7a7aUnicode hex code
1-22-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3317Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4192New Nelson (John Haig)
2227New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2767Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1418Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1913Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1317Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1414Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
233A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
723Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
184Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25415Morohashi
15A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
140Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
140Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
65sakade
77Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
66henshall3
73Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
304crowley
461Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.17busy_people
1452Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1327Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kong1, kong4Pinyin reading
gongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den

Kun
す.くう
On
ソウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1588 of 2500
Radical
river
WaniKani
Level 31

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-3-8SKIP code
3n8.1The Kanji Dictionary
3290.4, 9090.4Four corner code
964deroo
5de3Unicode hex code
1-33-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
141Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2705New Nelson (John Haig)
2295New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2861Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1477Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1987Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1927Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2077Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1233A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1431Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1491Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8696PMorohashi
1521A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1538Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1640Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1246Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
560henshall3
570Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1862Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
517Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1946Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chao2Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level