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U+7A7A, 空
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A7A

[U+7A79]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7A7B]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 116, +3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十金一 (JCM), four-corner 30101, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 863, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25415
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1289, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2719, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+7A7A
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs): semantic (cave, hole) + phonetic (OC *koːŋ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)uŋ (hole; orifice; inner part). (OC *kʰloːŋʔ, “hole”) is probably the endoactive derivation of (OC *kʰoːŋ, “hollow; empty”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan ཁུང (khung, hole), Jingpho ladi hku (nostril), Chepang घाङ् (gʰaŋ, hole), Burmese ခေါင်း (hkaung:, cavity), Naxi ko³³ (cave; hole; pit) (STEDT). See also (OC *kʰraːŋ, “pit”) and (OC *kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ, “anus”), which may or may not be related.

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • kĕ̤ng - vernacular;
  • kŭng - literary.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. empty; hollow; void
    箱子箱子   Zhè xiāngzi shì kōng de.   This box is empty.
    盒子 [MSC, trad.]
    盒子 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài hézi lǐ yǒu xiē kōng píng. [Pinyin]
    There are some empty bottles in the box.
  2. exhausted; emptied
  3. open; spacious; vast
  4. quiet and still; secluded
  5. lacking substance; fictitious; fabricated
       kōnghuà   empty talk
  6. (Eastern Min) hungry
  7. air; sky; atmosphere
       kōng   air; atmosphere
       tiānkōng   the sky
       hángkōng   aviation
    調   kōngtiáo   air conditioning
  8. space; outer space; cosmos; universe
       tàikōng   outer space
       kōngjiān   space
  9. (Buddhism) sunyata; emptiness; void of the world of the senses
  10. (Taoism) emptiness and quiet
  11. in vain; for nothing
  12. only (left, remain, etc.)
  13. to exhaust
  14. to miss the target
  15. (Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) hole; cavity
Synonyms
  • (empty):
  • (hungry):
  • (hole):

Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Note: hung3 - rare.
Note:
  • káe̤ng - vernacular;
  • kóng - literary.

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Definitions

  1. to make empty; to impoverish
  2. to leave empty; to leave blank
  3. vacant; unoccupied; available
    房間房间   Yǒu kòng fángjiān ma?   Is there any vacant room?
    位子 [MSC, trad.]
    位子 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè ge wèizǐ kòng zhe ma? [Pinyin]
    Is this seat available?
  4. spare time; free time; leisure
    今天   Wǒ jīntiān yǒu kòng.   I'm free today.
    下午 [MSC, trad.]
    下午 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ xiàwǔ yǒu kòng ma? [Pinyin]
    Are you free this afternoon?
    現在醫生 [MSC, trad.]
    现在医生 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiànzài yīshēng méi kòng. [Pinyin]
    The doctor is not available now.
  5. empty space; room
    進來 [MSC, trad.]
    进来 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài jǐ ge rén jìnlái xíng ma? Chē lǐ hái yǒu kòng ma? [Pinyin]
    Can you fit in another person? Is there room in the car?
  6. (of time) gap; interval; break
    Synonyms: 間隙 / 间隙 (jiānxì), 間隔 / 间隔
  7. chance; opportunity
  8. (Southern Min) zero
Synonyms
  • (zero):
  • (spare time):
  • (empty): (Cantonese)

Compounds

Pronunciation 3


Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (kǒng, hole; cave; mouth)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (くう) ()
  • Korean: 공(空) (gong)
  • Vietnamese: không ()

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