空虚 kōngxū vain; empty

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Traditional: 空虛

Stroke order

空虚 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

空虚 — the Chinese character for vain; empty (kōngxū), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 空虚 — vain; empty

空 — 8 strokes
虚 — 11 strokes

Senses

hollow
emptiness
meaningless

Characters in 空虚

空 kōng — empty; air; sky
虚 xū — emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

空虚 is pronounced kōngxū and means “vain; empty”.

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