The Japanese kanji for sky: 空
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The kanji for sky: 空
Sky, and the Buddhist idea of emptiness, 空 — the same character.
空
- Meaning
- sky; emptiness
- Kun reading
- sora (Japanese)
- On reading
- KŪ (from Chinese)
- Strokes
- 8
書き順Stroke order
空 is written in 8 strokes, in this order. The red line is the new stroke at each step. Japanese is written top to bottom and left to right, and the order matters: it is what makes handwriting flow.
Stroke data from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
使い方In everyday Japanese
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青空 | aozora | blue sky |
| 空港 | kūkō | an airport |
敬意Wearing it
Sky, but also 'empty' (空室, a vacant room). Most people read it as sky; if you want no doubt, pair it with something.
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