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空 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 空 意味

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

空 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

そら sora
あ.く a.ku
あ.き a.ki
あ.ける a.keru
から kara
す.く su.ku
す.かす su.kasu
むな.しい muna.shii

KUNYOMI 訓読み

クウ kuu

Examples

ワシが空を飛んでいる。An eagle is flying in the sky.
ほとんど空なのでガソリンを入れなくてはなりません。I need to put some gas in the car, as it’s almost empty.
警棒で空をなぐりつけ、よろめいて体勢をたてなおしたガードマンは、自分に向かって突進してくる金網づくりのクズカゴを見た。The guard’s truncheon hit air. Off balance, he regained his posture to see a metal-mesh rubbish bin flying towards him.
空は青い。The sky is blue.
空が晴れた。The sky has become clear.
空は星で一杯だ。The sky is full of stars.
空には雲がない。There are no clouds in the sky.
空に星は出ていた?Were there any stars in the sky?
空には雲一つ無い。There isn’t a single cloud in the sky.
空はすっかり曇った。The sky clouded over.

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