The Chinese Radical: 虚




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Meaning
emptiness, void    虚

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 5
emptiness, void, unoccupied, humble, in vain

Top: tiger 虍, below: hollow 业 business, occupation (It is shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak.)
The tiger's hole is empty.  
HSK 6
ruins, grave, mound

Left: earth 土, right: void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void. )[业= hollow volcanic vent]
The earth is void when with ruins and graves.  
no HSK
exhale, hiss

Left: mouth 口, right void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void.) [业 = hollow volcanic vent]
The sound (= what comes out of a mouth) from the tiger's hole is a: hiss.  
no HSK
to spy, watch for

Left: void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void.) [业 = hollow volcanic vent], right: to see 见/見
If the tiger hole is void we can see, by: watching for.  

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