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Mythic Mandarin

虚 (xū): meaning and stroke order

虚 (xū) means emptiness, void, abstract theory or guiding principles, empty or unoccupied.

虚

Simplified
虚
Traditional
虛
Pinyin
xū

Stroke order of 虚

虚

  • xū emptiness; void
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 虛

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 虚

  1. xū Traditional 虛
    • emptiness
    • void
    • abstract theory or guiding principles
    • empty or unoccupied
    • diffident or timid
    • false
    • humble or modest
    • (of health) weak
    • virtual
    • in vain

Radical and structure

虚
Radical 虍 (Kangxi radical 141) · 11 strokes · built from 虍 and 业

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 虚

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).