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
- —生活空間living space
- —戦略空軍strategic air force
- —対空射撃anti-aircraft fire; shooting at an aircraft (from ground or ship)
- —滞空時間flight duration
- —陸海空軍army, navy and air force; land, sea and air forces
- —海上空港seadrome
- —航空運賃airfare
- —空挺師団airborne division
- —空挺旅団airborne brigade; parachute brigate
- —航空燃料aviation fuel
- —領空侵犯airspace incursion; airspace violation
- —空白文字space character; whitespace character; blank character
- —親水空間space or area for water-lovers
- —空々寂々deserted and lonesome; quiet and alone; innocent and nonattached; All is void
- —空転国会stalled session of the Diet (Japanese Parliament)
- —史上空前unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making
- —赤手空拳barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something)
- —空席待ちstand-by (on an airplane)
- —一切皆空matter is void; all is vanity
- —満空情報information on space availability in a parking lot (car park)