KanjiN4Grade 1 · 小18 strokesRadical 穴#304 in newspapers
空 · empty, sky
空 is a kanji meaning empty, sky, void, vacant. It has 8 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- クウkū
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- そらsora
- あくaku
- あきaki
- あけるakeru
- からkara
- すくsuku
- すかすsukasu
- むなしいmunashii
Practise the N4 kanji
In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 空 · 19 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 空そら | そら | sky | N5 |
| 空気くうき | くうき | air, atmosphere | N4 |
| 空港くうこう | くうこう | airport | N4 |
| 空くあく | あく | to open, to become empty (vacant) | N4 |
| 空くすく | すく | to be empty (in reference to people), to be less crowded | N4 |
| 空きあき | あき | vacancy, opening, space | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 空から | から | empty | N3 |
| 航空こうくう | こうくう | aviation, flying | N3 |
| 架空かくう | かくう | imaginary, fiction, fanciful | N2 |
| 空っぽからっぽ | からっぽ | empty, vacant, hollow | N2 |
| 空想くうそう | くうそう | daydream, fantasy | N2 |
| 空中くうちゅう | くうちゅう | sky, air | N2 |
| 真空しんくう | しんくう | vacuum | N2 |
| 空ろうつろ | うつろ | blank, hollow, empty | N1 |
| 大空おおぞら | おおぞら | heaven, the sky | N1 |
| 空間くうかん | くうかん | space, room, airspace | N1 |
| 空腹くうふく | くうふく | hunger | N1 |
| 上空じょうくう | じょうくう | sky, high-altitude sky, upper air | N1 |
| 空しいむなしい | むなしい | vacant, futile, vain | N1 |
Example sentence
空が晴れた。
そらがはれた
The sky has become clear.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #179482 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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