Kanji1 / 8
空 kanji
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
クウ
Kun readings
そらあくあきあけるからすくすかすむなしい
Words with 空
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4空気Popularair; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
- N4空港Popularairport
- N3航空Popularaviation; flying
- N2架空Popularfictitious; imaginary; fanciful; fabricated; aerial; overhead
- N2空想Populardaydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
- N2空中Popular(in) the air; midair; sky
- N2真空Popularvacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
- N1空腹Popularempty stomach; hunger
- N1上空Popularsky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
- —虚空Popularempty space; empty sky
- —空間Popularspace; room; airspace; atmosphere; ambience; mood of a place or situation
- —空虚Popularemptiness; hollowness; vacancy; void; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
- —空軍Popularair force
- —空車Popularempty conveyance; empty taxi; free taxi; having spaces available (of a parking lot)
- —空襲Popularair-raid
- —空席Popularempty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
- —空前Popularunprecedented; record-breaking
- —空疎Popularempty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless
- —空調Popularair conditioning
- —空転Popularracing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere