Memory phrase for the Kanji: 空
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空 |
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Meaning
| sky, empty, air, in vain, vacant
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Pronunciation |
kōng, kòng |
Explanation |
Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), bottom: to build, work 工 |
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When a hole is built (into the ceiling), the empty sky opens.
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Radicals
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Vocabulary
天空 |
tiān kōng |
sky |
空旷 |
kōng kuàng |
spacious and empty; void |
空跑一趟 |
kōng pǎo yī tàng |
to make a journey for nothing |
万人空巷 |
wàn rén kōng xiàng |
the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate); the whole town turns out |
挖空心思 |
wā kōng xīn si |
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer |
空闲 |
kòng xián |
idle; free time; leisure |
空洞 |
kōng dòng |
cavity; empty; vacuous |
空穴 |
kòng xué |
electron hole |
上空 |
shàng kōng |
overhead; in the sky |
空隙 |
kòng xì |
crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events |
空前 |
kōng qián |
unprecedented |
空前 |
kōng qián |
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