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空
kōng
1. empty
2. air
3. sky
4. in vain
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

空
kōng
hollow, empty, deserted, bare
HSK 3 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

一空
yīkōng
(sold etc) out
上空
shàngkōng
overhead
中空
zhōngkōng
hollow
低空
dīkōng
low altitude
倒空
dàokōng
to empty (a bag)
凌空
língkōng
be high up in the sky
半空
bànkōng
midair
回空
huíkōng
to return empty (i.e. to drive back with no passengers or freight)
填空
tiánkòng
to fill a job vacancy
HSK 4
夜空
yèkōng
night sky
天空
tiānkōng
sky
HSK 5
太空
tàikōng
outer space
HSK 6
平空
píngkōng
variant of [[憑空|凭空<píngkōng>]]
悟空
WùKōng
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West [[西遊記|西游记<XīYóuJì>]]
凭空
píngkōng
baseless (lie)
悬空
xuánkōng
midair
抽空
chōukòng
to find the time to do sth
抛空
pāokōng
to sell short (i.e. to sell future assets)
挖空
wākōng
to excavate
排空
páikōng
to fly up to the sky

Alternate Entries

空
kòng
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
271
Word Frequency Rank
634 of 84,292