8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N4
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Kun'yomi
そ ら sky ②weather ③somehow ④fake あ く to open (e.g. doors) ②to open (e.g. business, etc.) ③to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) ④to have a hole あ き space ②vacancy ③free time ④disuse あ け る to open (a door, etc.) ②to open (for business, etc.) ③to dawn ④to end (of a period, season) か ら emptiness ②not carrying anything ③dishonored (bill, promise, etc.) す く to become less crowded ②to be hungry す か す to feel hungry む な し い empty ②vain ③lifeless
On'yomi
ク ウ empty air ②shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon) ③fruitlessness ④void (one of the five elements) ⑤empty (e.g. set)
Nanori
うつ き く
Main Radical
穴(KanXi)
Character Breakdown
empty, sky, void
そら クウ す.く (1st, N4)
hole, aperture, slit
あな ケツ けな (6th, N1)
References
Unicode hex code | 7A7A |
JIS X 0208 | 1-22-85 |
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 3317 |
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 4192 |
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 2227 |
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 2767 |
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 1418 |
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 1913 |
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 1317 |
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 1414 |
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 233 |
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 723 |
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 184 |
Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 25415 |
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 15 |
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 140 |
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 140 |
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 65 |
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 77 |
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 66 |
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 73 |
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power | 304 |
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 461 |
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III | 2.17 |
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 1452 |
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 1327 |
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 3m5.12 |
Four corner code | 3010.1 |
De Roo Code | 772 |