空 — empty, sky

空
Meaning
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
On reading
クウkuu
Kun reading
そらsoraあくakuあきakiあけるakeruからkaraすくsuku
Strokes
8
Learned in
Grade 1 of elementary school in Japan

空 in names

When I turn a name into kanji, I use 空 for the sound “ku” (く) or “so” (そ).

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). Meanings and readings from KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).