空
空
“hollow”
Radical: 穴
Strokes: 8
Level: HSK 3
How 空 is built — stacked top over bottom
穴
component
工
labor
labor, work; laborer, worker
Origin
cave
Words with 空
空调 kōngtiáo — air conditioning
空气 kōng qì — air
填空 tián kòng — to fill a job vacancy
空间 kōng jiān — space
空闲 kòng xián — idle
天空 tiān kōng — sky
抽空 chōu kòng — to find the time to do sth
航空 háng kōng — aviation
空洞 kōng dòng — cavity
空前绝后 kōng qián jué hòu — unprecedented and never to be duplicated
空想 kōng xiǎng — daydream
空虚 kōng xū — hollow
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