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Mythic Mandarin

空荡荡 (kōng dàng dàng): meaning and stroke order

空荡荡 (kōng dàng dàng) means empty; deserted.

空荡荡

Simplified
空荡荡
Traditional
空蕩蕩
Pinyin
kōng dàng dàng

Stroke order of 空荡荡

空

  • kōng empty; air
  • kòng to empty; vacant
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

荡

  • dàng variant of 蕩|荡[dang4]
  • tàng variant of 燙|烫[tang4]; variant of 趟[tang4]
  • dàng to wash; to squander
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 盪

Stroke by stroke

荡

  • dàng variant of 蕩|荡[dang4]
  • tàng variant of 燙|烫[tang4]; variant of 趟[tang4]
  • dàng to wash; to squander
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 盪

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 空荡荡

  1. kōng dàng dàng Traditional 空蕩蕩
    • empty; deserted

Radicals of the characters

空
Radical 穴 (Kangxi radical 116) · 8 strokes · 穴 on top, 工 below
荡
Radical 艸 (Kangxi radical 140) · 9 strokes · 艹 on top, 汤 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.

空荡荡 in our stories

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  • 台下掌声雷动，闪光灯此起彼伏，他却突然觉得身边空荡荡的。

    tái xià zhǎngshēng léidòng shǎnguāngdēng cǐqǐ-bǐfú tā què tūrán juéde shēnbiān kōngdàngdàng de

    Below, the applause thundered and flashbulbs went off one after another, yet he suddenly felt the space around him was empty.

    From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 空荡荡

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).