空 (kōng): meaning and stroke order

空 (kōng) means empty, air, sky, in vain, to empty, vacant, unoccupied, space, leisure, free time.

空

Simplified: 空
Traditional: 空 (same form)
Pinyin: kōng · kòng

Stroke order of 空

空

kōng empty; air
kòng to empty; vacant
8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 空

kōng
- empty
- air
- sky
- in vain
kòng
- to empty
- vacant
- unoccupied
- space
- leisure
- free time

Radical and structure

空: Radical 穴 (Kangxi radical 116) · 8 strokes · 穴 on top, 工 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 空

上空 shàng kōng the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace; (Tw) topless
天空 tiān kōng sky
空空 kōng kōng empty; vacuous
高空 gāo kōng high altitude
空调 kōng tiáo air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
空间 kōng jiān space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway
空落落 kōng luò luò empty; desolate
空荡荡 kōng dàng dàng empty; deserted
空气 kōng qì air; atmosphere

空 in our stories

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等她出来，卧室的窗户大开着，梳妆台上的首饰盒已经空了。

děng tā chūlai wòshì de chuānghu dà kāi zhe shūzhuāngtái shàng de shǒushì hé yǐjīng kōng le

When she came out, the bedroom window was wide open and the jewellery box on the dressing table was empty.

From the story The dry floor HSK 6
主人王总看他的盘子又空了，以为他还没吃饱，马上叫服务员：“再加两个菜！”

zhǔrén Wáng zǒng kàn tā de pánzi yòu kōng le yǐwéi tā hái méi chī bǎo mǎshàng jiào fúwùyuán zài jiā liǎng gè cài

Seeing his plate empty again, the host, Mr Wang, thought he was still hungry and called the waiter at once: "Two more dishes!"

From the story The banquet that never ended HSK 6

Stories using 空

The dry floor HSK 6
The banquet that never ended HSK 6

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).