空

• Radical Number 116: 穴+3 strokes

• Stroke number: 8

• Stroke order:

• Four-Corner System: 3010₁

• Cangjie input: 十金一 (JCM)

• Graphical Significance and Origin:

• Common Meaning: sky, empty, hollow, bare, deserted

Table of contents

1 Chinese Hanzi 2 Japanese Kanji 3 Korean Hanja 4 Dictionary Information 5 Technical Information

Chinese Hanzi

• Romanizations
  • Mandarin
    • Pinyin: kōng (kong1), kǒng (kong3), kòng (kong4)
    • Wade-Giles: k'ung¹, k'ung³, k'ung⁴
    • Yale:
  • Cantonese
    • Jyutping:
    • Penkyamp:
    • Yale: hung1

• Other info:

Japanese Kanji

• Readings
  • On: くう (kū)
  • Kun: から (kara), あく (aku), そら (sora)

• Synonym
  • 天 (てん, ten)

• Example Words
  • 空
  • 空気 - 空間 - 空港 - 空中 - 空手
  • 真空 - 架空 - 航空 - 青空
  • 航空便

• Other info:

Korean Hanja

• Hangeul: 공

• Eumhun reading:

• Romanizations
  • The 2000 South Korean Revised: gong
  • McCune-Reischauer: kong
  • Yale: kong

Dictionary Information

• KangXi: 0863.010
• Morobashi: 25415
• Dae Jaweon: 1289.080
• Hanyu Da Zidian: 42719.080