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Kanji Information Sheet for 空 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 穴 (あな) – hole; slit
Henshall Mnemonic: work to open hole in roof to see empty sky
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #304 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #304 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
- 空港 [くうこう]
(n) airport [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空く [あく]
(v5k,vi) (1) to open; to become open; to become empty; (2) to be less crowded [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空気 [くうき]
(n) air; atmosphere [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 航空 [こうくう]
(n) aviation; flying [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空 [から]
(n) emptiness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空き [あき]
(n) room; time to spare; emptiness; vacant [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空く [すく]
(v5k,vi) (1) to open; to become open; to become empty; (2) to be less crowded [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 空想 [くうそう]
(n) daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision [K] [D] [Jisho] - 架空 [かくう]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) aerial; overhead; fiction; fanciful [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空中 [くうちゅう]
(n) sky; air [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真空 [しんくう]
(adj-na,n) vacuum; hollow; empty [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空っぽ [からっぽ]
(adj-na,n) empty; vacant; hollow [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 大空 [おおぞら]
(n) heaven; firmament; the sky [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空腹 [くうふく]
(adj-na,n) hunger [K] [D] [Jisho] - 上空 [じょうくう]
(n) sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空しい [むなしい]
(adj) vacant; futile; vain; void; empty; ineffective; lifeless [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空間 [くうかん]
(n) space; room; airspace [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 空虚 [くうきょ]
(adj-na,n) emptiness; vacancy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 領空 [りょうくう]
(n) territorial airspace [K] [D] [Jisho] - 航空機 [こうくうき]
(n) aircraft [K] [D] [Jisho] - 航空券 [こうくうけん]
(n) air ticket [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空軍 [くうぐん]
(n) Air Force [K] [D] [Jisho] - 航空自衛隊 [こうくうじえいたい]
Air Self-Defense Force [K] [D] [Jisho] - 航空便 [こうくうびん]
(n) (abbr) air mail [K] [D] [Jisho] - 航空母艦 [こうくうぼかん]
aircraft carrier [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空車 [くうしゃ]
(n) empty conveyance; free taxi [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空手 [からて]
(n) karate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空襲 [くうしゅう]
(n) air-raid [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空振り [からぶり]
(n,vs) striking (at something) and missing; in vain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空席 [くうせき]
(n) vacancy; vacant seat; room [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空前 [くうぜん]
(adj-no,n) unprecedented; record-breaking [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空疎 [くうそ]
(adj-na,n) vain; groundless; futile [K] [D] [Jisho] - 全日空 [ぜんにっくう]
(n) All Nippon Airways (ANA) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 宇宙空間 [うちゅうくうかん]
the void of space [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空地 [あきち]
(n) vacant land [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日本航空 [にっぽんこうくう]
JAL; Japan Air Lines [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空調 [くうちょう]
(n) (abbr) air conditioning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 青空 [あおぞら]
(n) blue sky [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空転 [くうてん]
(n) racing (an engine) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空洞 [くうどう]
(n) cave; hollow; cavity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空白 [くうはく]
(adj-na,n) blank space; vacuum; space; null (NUL) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空爆 [くうばく]
(n) aerial bombing [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.