Share this link via
Or copy link
Kanji Detail for 虛 - "empty, humble, modest"
虛
- Meaning
虛 means "empty, humble, modest."
Empty - Having nothing inside; void.
Hollow - Lacking substance; not solid.
Modest - Humble and unassuming; not boastful.
Weak - Lacking strength; feeble.
Ruins - Remains of buildings; remnants.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
false; worthless; empty; hollow
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
false, worthless; empty, hollow; 11th lunar mansion, determinative star β Aquarii (Sadalsuud)
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
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The opposite of solid. Pressing and finding nothing is called 虛. Such as 虛情 (false feelings) vs 實情 (true feelings). 虛字 (function words) vs 實字 (content words). Therefore objects hollow inside are also called 虛. | Empty or vacant. Such as saying 虛左以待 (keeping the left seat vacant to await someone). | Insufficient is called 虛. Such as the waxing and waning of the moon. Deficiency in the body's vital energy and blood is called 虛損. | Not self-satisfied. Such as 虛心 (humble), 謙虛 (modest). | Pretense or decoration. Such as 虛張聲勢 (bluffing), 虛與委蛇 (pretending to comply). | Ineffective is called 虛. Such as 虛文 (empty formality), 虛設 (nominal). Without result is also called 虛. Such as saying 此願竟虛 (this wish came to nothing), 此行不虛 (this trip was not in vain) and the like. | The sky. Such as 凌虛 (soaring through the void), 慼虛. Anything not grounded in reality is all called 虛. Such as 步虛 (walking on air), 玄虛 (mysterious and empty). | A constellation name. One of the twenty-eight lunar mansions.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
- Related Keywords