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On readingクウ

Kun readingそら、あ.く、あ.き、あ.ける、から、す.く、す.かす、むな.しい

JōyōGrade 1

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hole · house · human legs (儿) · craft (工)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1414

Compound words

空気くうき

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence

空港くうこう

airport

空くすく

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

航空こうくう

aviation; flying

空きあき

space; room; gap; emptiness; vacancy

架空かくう

fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; fabricated; aerial

空想くうそう

daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

空中くうちゅう

(in) the air; midair; sky

真空しんくう

vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity

空っぽからっぽ

empty; vacant; hollow

空間くうかん

space; room; airspace

空腹くうふく

empty stomach; hunger

大空おおぞら

wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament

虚空こくう

empty space; empty sky

空虚くうきょ

emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; void; inanity

空軍くうぐん

air force

空車くうしゃ

empty conveyance; empty taxi; free taxi; having spaces available (of a parking lot)

空手からて

karate; being empty-handed; having nothing in one's hands

空襲くうしゅう

air-raid

空席くうせき

empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

空前くうぜん

unprecedented; record-breaking

空疎くうそ

empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless

空調くうちょう

air conditioning

空転くうてん

racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere

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