空

kōng, kòng

empty; air; sky; in vain

Radical: 穴 HSK 3 a, v, g, d pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

空 decomposes into the following components:

穴 工

Semantic component: 穴; phonetic component: 工.

Words containing 空

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 空.

一空
yī kōng
上空
shàng kōng
overhead
中空
zhōng kōng
hollow
买空
mǎi kōng
亏空
kuī kōng
in debt
低空
dī kōng
low altitude
倒空
dào kōng
to empty (a bag)
做空
zuò kōng
偷空
tōu kòng
凌空
líng kōng
be high up in the sky
凭空
píng kōng
baseless (lie)
凿空
záo kōng
to open an aperture

Related characters (radical 穴)

Characters that share the radical 穴.

穴 穵 究 穷 穸 穹 穿 窀 突 窃 窄 窅 窆 窈 窍 窑 窒 窕 窖 窗 窘 窜 窝 窟

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