kōng

HSK 3
common

Meaning of

空 means empty; vacant; unrealistic; sky; air; atmosphere. Pronounced kōng. HSK 3.

  • empty; vacant; unrealistic
  • sky; air; atmosphere
  • in vain; for no reason

Character Info

Radical
Strokes8
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
ge
xiāng
zi
shì
kōng
de
 
miàn
shén
me
dōu
méi
yǒu
 

This suitcase is empty, there's nothing inside.

zhěng
tiān
zhǐ
huì
kōng
xiǎng
 
cóng
zhū
xíng
dòng
 

He only daydreams all day and never puts his ideas into practice.

Kōng
tán
guó
 
shí
gàn
xīng
bāng
 

Empty talk harms the country, while solid work makes it flourish.

Qǐng
zhè
xiē
kōng
píng
zi
rēng
dào
tǒng
 

Please throw these empty bottles into the trash can.

Cāo
chǎng
shàng
kōng
rén
 
fēi
cháng
ān
jìng
 

There is no one on the playground at all, it's very quiet.