空 - kòng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 4 - Medium
8 strokes
Simplified (switch to Traditional)

空

kòng

Definition

to empty
vacant
车厢里空得很。

There are many vacant seats in the carriage.
unoccupied
这个房间是空余的。

This room is unoccupied.
space
leisure
free time
你有空吗？

Are you free?

Other pronunciations

kōng

empty
air
sky
in vain

Character Decomposition

Compounds (12)

控

kòng

to control; to accuse; to charge; to sue; to invert a container to empty it; (suffix) (slang) buff; enthusiast; devotee; -phile or -philia

腔

qiāng

cavity of body; barrel (e.g. engine cylinder); compartment; tune; accent of speech

urgent; pressed

ignorant; blank-minded

曌

Zhào

name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武则天

箜

kōng

ancient harp; cf 箜篌, Chinese harp

name of a mountain

simple-minded; sincere

bridle; reins

angry appearance (archaic)

(wooden mus. instr.)

see 焢肉

Related words (32)

空余

kòng yú

free; vacant; unoccupied

空儿

kòng r

spare time; free time

scarce; poor

vacant land; open space

空子

kòng zi

gap; unoccupied space or time; (fig.) gap; loophole

gap; interval

fasting; on an empty stomach

空日

kòng rì

day that is named but not numbered (on ethnic calendar)

空暇

kòng xiá

idle; free time; leisure

空格

kòng gé

blank; blank space on a form; space; 囗 (indicating missing or illegible character)

空档

kòng dàng

gap or interval of time (between turns); opening in one's schedule; free time

blank space

electron hole

vacancy

free; idle; free time; spare time; leisure; unused (place)

空隙

kòng xì

crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events

空额

kòng é

vacancy; unfilled work place

space bar (keyboard)

gap; empty space

air-to-surface missile

填空

tián kòng

to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)

抽空

chōu kòng

to find the time (to do sth)

to make time

to have time (to do something); (to have) spare time; (to be) available; at leisure; when free

留空

liú kòng

to leave blank space in a document; to leave some time free

to omit; to neglect

idle; free time; leisure

吃空额

chī kòng è

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

having no time

sea land air (transport, or military operations)

钻空子

zuān kòng zi

(lit.) to drill a hole; to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)

Idioms (1)

空穴来风未必无因

kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn

wind does not come from an empty cave without reason; there's no smoke without fire (idiom)

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