空 (kōng)
empty; air; sky
How 空 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 穴 — cave
- Traditional
- 空
- Simplified
- 空 (unchanged)
Components
- 穴 cave
- 工 work
空 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- kōng
- empty; air; sky; in vain
- kòng
- to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space
Common words using 空
- 天空 tiānkōng
- sky
- 星空 xīngkōng
- starry sky; the heavens
- 時空 shíkōng
- space-time (in relativity)
- 有空 yǒukòng
- to have time (to do sth)
- 空氣 kōngqì
- air; atmosphere
- 空虛 kōngxū
- hollow; emptiness; meaningless
- 空調 kōngtiáo
- air conditioning
- 空間 kōngjiān
- space; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 航空 hángkōng
- aviation
- 上空 shàngkōng
- overhead; in the sky
- 人去樓空 rénqùlóukōng
- people are gone, the tower is empty; cf Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼, Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme the past will never return; nostalgia for old friends
- 半空 bànkōng
- midair
空 in a sentence
山上的空氣很新鮮，讓人覺得很舒服。
Shānshàng de kōngqì hěn xīnxiān, ràngrén juéde hěn shūfú.
“The air on the mountain is fresh and makes one feel comfortable.”
How common is 空?
空 is the 272nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 62.5% of all running text.
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