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空
Trad. 空
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 穴
Strokes 5
Composition
Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 宀八工
穴 + 工
Prononciation
Mandarin kōng; kòng
Entry Methods
Pinyin kong1; kong4
Kanji /
Cangjie
 JCM
十金一
Sijiao 3010.1
Wubi PWAF
CNS 11643 1-4F28
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+7A7A
GB2312 BFD5
BIG5 AAC5
Results for 空
空 kōng empty / air / sky / in vain
空 kòng to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
Results beginning with 空
空间 kōng jiān space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
空气 kōng qì air / atmosphere
空调 kōng tiáo air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL:臺|台[tai2]
空中 kōng zhōng in the sky / in the air
空白 kòng bái blank space
空军 kōng jūn air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked
空前 kōng qián unprecedented
空虚 kōng xū hollow / emptiness / meaningless
空空 kōng kōng empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile)
空格 kòng gé blank / blank space on a form / space / 囗 / (indicating missing or illegible character)
空洞 kōng dòng cavity / empty / vacuous
空姐 kōng jiě abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant
空闲 kòng xián leisure / spare time / (of a person) free / unoccupied / (of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied / unused / idle / vacant / spare
空旷 kōng kuàng spacious and empty / void
空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events
空缺 kòng quē vacancy
空心 kòng xīn on an empty stomach
空心 kōng xīn hollow / (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside / (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop)
空地 kòng dì vacant land / open space
空地 kōng dì air-to-surface (missile)
空运 kōng yùn air transport
空头 kōng tóu phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling)
空手 kōng shǒu empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate
空降 kōng jiàng to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne
空战 kōng zhàn air war / air warfare
空袭 kōng xí to make an air raid
空置 kōng zhì to set sth aside / to let sth lie idle / idle / unused
空档 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
空位 kōng wèi empty place / room (for sb)
空腹 kōng fù an empty stomach
空难 kōng nàn air crash / aviation accident or incident
空话 kōng huà empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip
空港 kōng gǎng airport (abbr. for 航空港[hang2 kong1 gang3])
空想 kōng xiǎng daydream / fantasy / to fantasize
空子 kòng zi gap / unoccupied space or time / fig. gap / loophole
空谈 kōng tán prattle / idle chit-chat
空余 kòng yú free / vacant / unoccupied
空客 kōng kè Airbus (abbr. for 空中客車|空中客车[Kong1 zhong1 Ke4 che1])
空投 kōng tóu to airdrop
空当 kòng dāng gap / interval
空载 kōng zài (of a ship, train etc) not carrying any load (i.e. no passengers or freight etc) / (electricity) no-load (used to describe the condition of a transformer when there is no load connected to its secondary coil)
空域 kōng yù airspace
空泛 kōng fàn vague and general / not specific / shallow / empty
空翻 kōng fān flip / somersault
空巢 kōng cháo empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
空乘 kōng chéng flight attendant / on-board service
空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables
空腔 kōng qiāng cavity
空穴 kòng xué electron hole (physics)
空防 kōng fáng air force / air defense
空肠 kōng cháng jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸|十二指肠[shi2 er4 zhi3 chang2] and ileum 回腸|回肠[hui2 chang2])
空竹 kōng zhú Chinese yo-yo
空额 kòng é vacancy / unfilled work place
空样  blank
空爆  air burst
空飞  empty leg
空部 kōng bù terrible;
空挡 kōng dǎng neutral gear
空耳 kōng ěr to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 / "soramimi")
空喊 kōng hǎn idle clamor / to prattle
空号 kōng hào disconnected phone number / unassigned phone number
空幻 kōng huàn vanity / empty fantasy / illusion
空集 kōng jí empty set (set theory)
空寂 kōng jì empty and silent / desolate
空壳 kōng ké empty shell
空匮 kòng kuì scarce / poor
空名 kōng míng vacuous reputation / name without substance / in name only / so-called
空怒 kōng nù air rage
空拍 kōng pāi aerial photography (video or still) (Tw)
空阒 kōng qù empty and quiet
空儿 kòng r spare time / free time
空日 kòng rì day that is named but not numbered (on ethnic calendar)
空嫂 kōng sǎo married stewardess of mature age
空少 kōng shào airline steward (abbr. for 空中少爺|空中少爷[kong1 zhong1 shao4 ye5])
空身 kōng shēn empty handed (carrying nothing) / alone
空疏 kōng shū shallow / empty
空暇 kòng xiá idle / free time / leisure
空性 kōng xìng emptiness
空值 kōng zhí null value (in a relational database)
空钟 kōng zhong diabolo (Chinese yo-yo)
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空荡荡 kōng dàng dàng empty / deserted
空格键 kòng gé jiàn space bar (keyboard)
空间站 kōng jiān zhàn space station
空手道 kōng shǒu dào karate
空调车 kōng tiáo chē air conditioned vehicle
空降兵 kōng jiàng bīng paratroopers
空心菜 kōng xīn cài see 蕹菜[weng4 cai4]
空落落 kōng luò luò empty / desolate
空对空  air to air
空白点 kòng bái diǎn gap / empty space
空对地 kōng duì dì air-to-surface (missile)
空心球 kōng xīn qiú hollow ball / (basketball) swish shot
空城计 kōng chéng jì the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush) / double bluff
空运股  Aviation Unit
空军部  Department of the Air Force
空气炮  airgun
空运处  Aviation Service
空间法  space law
空运科  Air Transport Section
空舱费  dead freight
空降点  drop-off point
空降区  drop zone / dropping zone
空投区  drop zone / dropping zone
空间部  Department of Space
空包弹 kōng bāo dàn blank cartridge
空窗期 kōng chuāng qī window period (time between infection and the appearance of detectable antibodies) / period during which sth is lacking (boyfriend or girlfriend, work, revenue, production of a commodity etc) / lull / hiatus
空洞洞 kōng dòng dòng empty / deserted
空房间 kōng fáng jiān vacant room
空服员 kōng fú yuán flight attendant / cabin crew
空间段 kōng jiān duàn space segment
空间局 kōng jiān jú space agency
空拍机 kōng pāi jī drone equipped for aerial photography
空气流 kōng qì liú flow of air / draft
空尾蜥 kōng wěi xī Coelurosauravus
空想家 kōng xiǎng jiā impractical dreamer
空心面 kōng xīn miàn macaroni
空心墙 kōng xīn qiáng cavity wall / hollow wall
空心儿 kòng xīn r erhua variant of 空心[kong4 xin1]
空运费 kōng yùn fèi air freight (cost of air transport)
空着手 kōng zhe shǒu empty-handed
空气污染 kōng qì wū rǎn air pollution
空空如也 kōng kōng rú yě as empty as anything (idiom) / completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc)
空军基地 kōng jūn jī dì air base
空前绝后 kōng qián jué hòu unprecedented and never to be duplicated / the first and the last / unmatched / unique
空中客车 Kōng zhōng Kè chē Airbus (aerospace company)
空军一号 Kōng jūn Yī hào Air Force One, US presidential jet
空中楼阁 kōng zhōng lóu gé pavilion in the air (idiom) / unrealistic Utopian construction / castles in Spain / imaginary future plans
空中小姐 kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě stewardess / air hostess
空空导弹 kōng kōng dǎo dàn air-to-air missile
空头支票 kōng tóu zhī piào bounced check / bad check / (idiom) empty promise
空洞无物 kōng dòng wú wù empty cave, nothing there (idiom) / devoid of substance / nothing new to show
空腹高心 kōng fù gāo xīn ambitious despite a lack of talent (idiom)
空谷足音 kōng gǔ zú yīn lit. the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom) / fig. sth hard to come by / sth wonderful and rare
空话连篇 kōng huà lián piān long-winded empty talk
空室清野 kōng shì qīng yě empty room, clean field (idiom) / clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy / scorched earth policy
空穴来风 kōng xué lái fēng lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim)
空留员额  vacant post / vacant position
空腔解耦  cavity decoupling
空地火箭  air-to-ground rocket
空仓挂机  bolt catch
空间系统  space system
空中后送  air evacuation / AIREVAC
空间飞机  Kosmolyot
空运手册  Air Transport Manual
空运能力  airlift capability
空车重量  unladen weight
空中遮断  air interdiction
空中掩护  air cover
空运干事  Air Transport Officer
空缺通知  vacancy announcement
Approximate Results for 空
天空 tiān kōng sky
航空 háng kōng aviation
时空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
星空 xīng kōng starry sky / the star-studded heavens
有空 yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth)
太空 tài kōng outer space
真空 zhēn kōng (physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
上空 shàng kōng the skies above a certain place / (aviation) airspace / (Tw) topless
夜空 yè kōng night sky
高空 gāo kōng high altitude
留空 liú kōng leave blank spaces in writing
留空 liú kòng to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free
凌空 líng kōng be high up in the sky
半空 bàn kōng midair
架空 jià kōng to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
虚空 xū kōng void / hollow / empty
防空 fáng kōng anti-aircraft defense
凭空 píng kōng baseless (lie) / without foundation
悟空 Wù Kōng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 You2 Ji4]
腾空 téng kōng to soar / to rise high into the air
落空 lào kōng to fail to achieve something / to be fruitless
落空 luò kòng to omit / to neglect
落空 luò kōng to fail / to fall through / to come to nothing
长空 cháng kōng (literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
升空 shēng kōng to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff
抽空 chōu kòng to find the time to do sth
清空 qīng kōng to clear / to empty
横空 héng kōng filling the atmosphere / covering the sky
中空 zhōng kōng hollow / empty interior
填空 tián kòng to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
司空 sī kōng two-character surname Sikong
悬空 xuán kōng to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain
当空 dāng kōng overhead / up in the sky
镂空 lòu kōng openwork / fretwork
低空 dī kōng low altitude
领空 lǐng kōng territorial air space
碧空 bì kōng the blue sky
排空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky
平空 píng kōng variant of 憑空|凭空[ping2 kong1]
亏空 kuī kōng in debt / in the red / in deficit
放空 fàng kōng to relax completely / to empty one's mind / (finance) to sell short / (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers) / to deadhead
挖空 wā kōng to excavate / to hollow
扑空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles
抛空 pāo kōng to short-sell (finance)
卖空 mài kōng to sell short (finance)
偷空 tōu kòng to take some time out / to make use of a spare moment
倒空 dào kōng to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out
拨空 bō kòng to make time
踩空 cǎi kōng to miss one's step
得空 dé kòng to have leisure time
短空 duǎn kōng poor prospects in the short term (finance)
非空 fēi kōng nonempty (set)
隔空 gé kōng from a distance / through the air / remotely (esp. by means of telekinesis, magic, technology etc)
回空 huí kōng to return empty (i.e. to drive back with no passengers or freight)
落空 là kòng to omit / to neglect (to do sth) / to miss a chance / to let an opportunity slip by
轮空 lún kōng (sports) bye / to get a bye / (of an employee) to be not scheduled at work for a period of time (when working shifts)
买空 mǎi kōng to buy on margin (finance)
猫空 māo kōng Maokong
深空 shēn kōng deep space (outer space)
踏空 tà kōng to miss one's step / (of an investor) to fail to invest before the price rises
掏空 tāo kōng to hollow out / to empty out / to use up / (finance) tunneling
脱空 tuō kōng to fail / to come to nothing / to fall through (of plans, hopes) / to lie
闲空 xián kòng idle / free time / leisure
一空 yī kōng leaving none left / (sold etc) out
育空 Yù kōng Yukon (Canadian territory adjacent to Alaska)
凿空 záo kōng to open an aperture / (extended meaning) to cut a way through / to open up a road
做空 zuò kōng to sell short (finance)
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半空中 bàn kōng zhōng in midair / in the air
真空泵 zhēn kōng bèng vacuum pump
外太空 wài tài kōng outer space
一场空 yī chǎng kōng all one's hopes and efforts come to nothing / futile
一场空 yī cháng kōng all in vain / futile
航空业 háng kōng yè aviation industry
太空船 tài kōng chuán spaceship
太空人 tài kōng rén astronaut
海陆空 hǎi lù kòng sea land air (transport, or military operations)
航空器 háng kōng qì aircraft
真空管 zhēn kōng guǎn vacuum tube
防空洞 fáng kōng dòng air raid shelter / bomb shelter / (fig.) place that protects bad people / hideout
钻空子 zuān kòng zi to take advantage of a loophole / to exploit an advantage / to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
航空港 háng kōng gǎng airfield / aerodrome
太空站 tài kōng zhàn space station
太空舱 tài kōng cāng space capsule / ejection capsule (cabin)
悬空寺 Xuán kōng Sì Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi
后空翻 hòu kōng fān backward somersault / backflip
全日空 Quán Rì kōng All Nippon Airways (ANA)
太空梭 tài kōng suō space shuttle
太空游 tài kōng yóu space tourism
航空站 háng kōng zhàn air terminal
真空炉  vacuum furnace
真空室  vacuum chamber
航空科  Aviation Section
高空风  upper wind
高真空  high vacuum
防空区  air defence zone
侧空翻 cè kōng fān aerial cartwheel / side somersault
吃空额 chī kòng è to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
吃空额 chī kòng é to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
吃空饷 chī kòng xiǎng to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
闯空门 chuǎng kōng mén to break into a house when nobody is home
大空町 dà kōng tǐng Ōzora,
放空挡 fàng kōng dǎng to coast along in neutral gear (in a car) / (coll.) to go commando
防空炮 fáng kōng pào anti-aircraft gun
放空炮 fàng kōng pào (lit.) to fire blank shots / (fig.) to be all talk and no action / to shoot one's mouth off / to make empty promises
反空降 fǎn kōng jiàng anti-aircraft defense
高空病 gāo kōng bìng high altitude sickness
挂空挡 guà kōng dǎng see 放空擋|放空挡[fang4 kong1dang3]
海空军 hǎi kōng jūn navy and air force
航空局 háng kōng jú aviation agency
航空术 háng kōng shù aeronautics
航空线 háng kōng xiàn air route / airway
航空信 háng kōng xìn airmail letter
航空学 háng kōng xué aviation science
假大空 jiǎ dà kōng empty words / bogus speech
麦空县 mài kōng xiàn McCone
没空儿 méi kòng r having no time
前空翻 qián kōng fān (acrobatics) front flip
切空间 qiē kōng jiān space of sections (math.)
守空房 shǒu kōng fáng to stay home alone (of married woman)
朔时空 shuò shí kōng early universe
孙悟空 Sūn Wù kōng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qi1 long2 zhu1]
太空步 tài kōng bù moonwalk (dance)
太空服 tài kōng fú spacesuit
脱空汉 tuō kōng hàn liar
相空间 xiàng kōng jiān phase space (math., ordinary differential equations)
有空儿 yǒu kòng r erhua variant of 有空[you3kong4]
制空权 zhì kōng quán air supremacy / air superiority
子空间 zǐ kōng jiān subspace (math.)
航空公司 háng kōng gōng sī airline / CL:家[jia1]
海阔天空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
航空母舰 háng kōng mǔ jiàn aircraft carrier (CL:艘[sou1]) / (coll.) (metaphor for sth huge, whale-like)
天马行空 tiān mǎ xíng kōng like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
司空见惯 sī kōng jiàn guàn a common occurrence (idiom)
防空导弹  anti-aircraft missile
赤手空拳 chì shǒu kōng quán empty hand, empty fist (idiom) / having nothing to rely on / unarmed and defenseless
高空作业 gāo kōng zuò yè to work high above the ground
挖空心思 wā kōng xīn si to dig for thoughts (idiom) / to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains
宇宙空间 yǔ zhòu kōng jiān aerospace
净化空气  clearing of the air
目空一切 mù kōng yī qiè the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom) / arrogant / condescending / supercilious
中空玻璃 zhōng kōng bō li double glazing
三维空间 sān wéi kōng jiān three-dimensional space / 3D
洗劫一空 xǐ jié yī kōng to steal everything
万人空巷 wàn rén kōng xiàng the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate) / the whole town turns out
一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
四维空间 sì wéi kōng jiān four-dimensional space (math.)
买空卖空 mǎi kōng mài kōng to speculate / to play the market / (fig.) to sell hot air / to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator
唱空城计 chàng kōng chéng jì lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom) / fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness / (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty / (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
遁入空门 dùn rù kōng mén to take refuge in religious life
翻空出奇 fān kōng chū qí to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom) / new and different ideas
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