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Kanji 空: meaning "sky, empty", readings, stroke order

The kanji 空 means "sky, empty". On'yomi: クウ; kun'yomi: そら、あく、あける、から. JLPT N5 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
sky, empty
On'yomi
クウ
Kun'yomi
そらあくあけるから
Strokes
8
Level
JLPT N5
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 空

  • 空 そら — Sky
  • 空く あく — To become empty / free
  • 空腹 くうふく — Hungry / fasting
  • 空港 くうこう — Airport
  • 空気 くうき — air, atmosphere
  • 空き あき — vacancy, opening, space
  • 航空 こうくう — aviation, flying
  • 架空 かくう — imaginary, fiction, fanciful
  • 空っぽ からっぽ — empty, vacant, hollow
  • 空～ くう～ — empty ~
  • 空想 くうそう — daydream, fantasy
  • 空中 くうちゅう — sky, air

Stroke order · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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