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Kanji Detail for 虚 - "empty, to empty"

虚

  • Meaning

    虚 means "empty, to empty." Also associated with weak.

    1. Empty - Nothing inside; hollow; superficial.

    2. To empty - To make vacant.

    3. Weak - Frail in body.

    4. Hollow - A hole; cavity.

    5. Hill - A large mound.

    6. Ruins - The remains of buildings. Example

  • Words using 虚

    • 虚偽 きょぎ Listen falsehood; untruth; lie
    • 謙虚 けんきょ Listen modest; humble
    • 虚構 きょこう Listen fiction; fabrication; concoction
    • 虚無 きょむ Listen nihility; nothingness
    • 空虚 くうきょ Listen emptiness; hollowness; vacancy
    • 虚しい むなしい Listen empty; void; vacant
    • 虚栄心 きょえいしん Listen vanity

  • Four-character idioms with 虚

    • 一虚一実 いっきょいちじつ Listen constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable
    • 一虚一盈 いっきょいちえい Listen constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable
    • 虚実混交 きょじつこんこう Listen mishmash of truth and untruth; mixture of fiction and fact
    • 虚実皮膜 きょじつひまく Listen the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction
    • 虚心坦懐 きょしんたんかい Listen with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve
    • 虚心平気 きょしんへいき Listen with an open and calm mind; without reserve; with utmost candor

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    • Verified meaning: empty, to empty
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: weak

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    void; emptiness; unpreparedness; crack; fissure; untruth

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    false

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ko(コ) コ

    kyo(キョ) キョ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    muna.shii(むな-しい) むな-しい

    utsuro(うつろ) うつろ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    虍 (torakammuri・toragashira・tora)

  • Related Keywords

    empty to empty weak hole hollow ruins emptiness void false vain bare barren desolate futile illusory insubstantial nothingness unreal deceptive

Sentences including 虚

  • My mind is a blank.

  • Not worth speaking of.

  • Life is not an empty dream.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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