空 — sky; empty (JLPT N5 kanji)
空
sky; empty
クウ そら・
8 strokesgrade 1 (Japan)JLPT N5very common
Stroke order
Readings
On’yomi (Chinese-derived)
- クウ
Kun’yomi (native Japanese)
- そら
- あ(く)
- あ(き)
- あ(ける)
- から
- す(く)
- す(かす)
- むな(しい)
Meanings
skyempty
Words with 空
空そらsky
Appears in these kanji
控コウ・ひかhold back
In the vocabulary
今日 の 空 は 青 です。
The sky is blue today.
How to remember it
空Spot 穴 at the top. Imagine an opening through which you can see a wide, empty sky.