空

空 — empty, sky, void

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 8
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #304 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: くう kuu
Kun'yomi: そら sora

あ.く a.ku

あ.き a.ki

あ.ける a.keru

から kara

す.く su.ku

す.かす su.kasu

むな.しい muna.shii

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 空

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