Kanji

虚

Meaning

void emptiness unpreparedness

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • むなしい
  • うつろ

On'yomi

  • きょ えいしん vanity
  • けん きょ modest
  • きょ こう fiction
  • こ くう empty space
  • こ け folly
  • こ くうぞう Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/11

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Component Analysis

虚
void, emptiness, unpreparedness...
むな.しい, うつ.ろ, キョ
虍
tiger spots, mottled, tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141)
コ
七
seven
なな, なな.つ, シチ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
业

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