EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    emptiness; being empty

    ほとんど空なのでガソリンを入れなくてはなりません。
    I need to put some gas in the car, as it's almost empty.
  2. Prefix

    not carrying anything; unburdened; empty-handed

  3. dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false; no-show (reservation); put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.); empty (compliments); insincere

Also written 虚【から】

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Characters in this word

1
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、き、く

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