空 (kōng, kòng) — Chinese Character

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.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 空.

一空

yī kōng

上空

shàng kōng

中空

zhōng kōng

买空

mǎi kōng

亏空

kuī kōng

低空

dī kōng

倒空

dào kōng

做空

zuò kōng

偷空

tōu kòng

凌空

líng kōng

凭空

píng kōng

凿空

záo kōng

Characters that share the radical 穴.

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