空
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empty; air; sky; in vain
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Dict coverage rank #100 U+7A7A
How 空 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
穴 (semantic, “cave”) + 工 (phonetic, gōng)
How to remember it
empty · Heisig RSH #1073
穴 hole + I-beam
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 工
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 工 (gōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工 sound component | gōng | labor, work; laborer, worker |
| 红 | hóng | red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular |
| 江 | jiāng | large river; the Yangtze; surname |
| 经 | jīng | the classics; to experience, to undergo |
| 轻 | qīng | light, gentle; simple, easy |
| 径 | jìng | path, diameter; straight, direct |
| 攻 | gōng | to accuse; to assault; to criticize |
| 项 | xiàng | neck, nape; item; a term in an equation |
| 氢 | qīng | ammonia |
| 贡 | gòng | to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts |
| 虹 | hóng | rainbow |
| 缸 | gāng | earthen jug, crock, cistern |
| 肛 | gāng | anus |
| 巩 | gǒng | to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong |
| 汞 | gǒng | mercury (element) |
| 邛 | qióng | mound; in distress |
| 豇 | jiāng | kidney bean; black-eyed pea |
| 仝 | tóng | together, same; surname |
| 巠 | jīng | underground river; flowing water |
Words containing 空
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空无一人 | kōng wú yī rén | not a soul in sight (idiom) |
| 空心儿 | kòng xīn r | erhua variant of 空心[kong4 xin1] |
| 天马行空 | tiān mǎ xíng kōng | like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom); (of writing, calligraphy etc) bol… |
| 空气动力学 | kōng qì dòng lì xué | aerodynamics |
| 空子 | kòng zi | gap; unoccupied space or time; fig. gap; loophole |
| 有空儿 | yǒu kòng r | erhua form of 有空[you3 kong4] |
| 一空 | yī kōng | leaving none left; (sold etc) out |
| 空心面 | kōng xīn miàn | macaroni |
| 空头 | kōng tóu | phony; so-called; armchair (expert); vain (promise); (finance) short-seller; bear (market)… |
| 中空 | zhōng kōng | hollow; empty interior |
| 空中 | kōng zhōng | in the sky; in the air |
| 空气动力 | kōng qì dòng lì | aerodynamic force |
| 空心 | kōng xīn | hollow; (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside; (of a basketball) to swish thro… |
| 空心 | kòng xīn | on an empty stomach |
| 空地 | kōng dì | air-to-surface (missile) |
| 空地 | kòng dì | vacant land; open space |
| 空儿 | kòng r | spare time; free time |
| 天空 | tiān kōng | sky |
| 空性 | kōng xìng | emptiness |
| 空白 | kòng bái | blank space |