Kanji 虚: "void, emptiness, unpreparedness"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 虚

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 虚こ空くうempty space; empty sky
• 虚うつろcavity; hollow; void · hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.); empty (words, heart, etc.)
• 虚むなしいempty; void; vacant · vain; fruitless; futile; ineffective
• 空くう虚きょemptiness; hollowness; vacancy; void · inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
• 謙けん虚きょmodest; humble
• 虚きょ無むnihility; nothingness
• 虚きょunpreparedness · falsehood
• 虚きょ偽ぎfalsehood; untruth; lie; misinformation · fallacy
• 虚きょを突つくto catch off guard; to catch unprepared
• 虚きょ勢せいbluff; false show of power; bold front
• 虚きょ構こうfiction; fabrication; concoction
• 虚きょ勢せいを張はるto bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front

Keep going