EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; void

    神に向かって話しかけてみてもそこにあるのは空虚のみ。
    I talk to God but the sky is empty.
  2. inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

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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

void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

Kun
むな.しいうつ.ろ
On
キョ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1454 of 2500
Radical
tiger
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-4-7, 3-6-5SKIP code
2m9.1The Kanji Dictionary
2121.2Four corner code
1274deroo
865aUnicode hex code
1-21-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4109Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5269New Nelson (John Haig)
3237New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4017Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2053Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2778Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1993Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2148Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1588A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1519Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1484Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32708Morohashi
1156A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1572Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1678Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1712Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1481Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1741Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1601Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2012Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xu1Pinyin reading
heoKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level