“Hollow” or “Cavity” in Japanese kanji, and the Stroke Order and Meanings of Kanji “虚”
Japanese Jouyou-kanji “虚” means “Falsehood”, “Prevarication” or “Lie” etc.
Jouyou Kanji “虚”
Jouyou Kanji “虚” Stroke Order
| Stroke # | 11 Strokes |
|---|---|
| On-Yomi | きょ(kyo) |
| こ(ko) | |
| Kun-Yomi | むな(しい)(muna(shii)) |
| うつ(ろ)(utsu(ro)) | |
| うろ(uro) | |
| Meanings | Futile, Vacant, Empty |
| Weak, Delicate | |
| Hollow, Cavity, Blank | |
| Hill (which has lower part in its center) | |
| Devastated castles, buildings etc, Ruin |
Kanji words which contain Kanji “虚”, and their meanings
| Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| 虚位(きょい-kyo i) | ① Vacant position, ② Nominal rank (position), Figurehead |
| 虚栄(きょえい-kyo e i) | Vanity, Vainglory |
| 虚器(きょき-kyo ki) | ① Nominal rank, ② Useless thing which has great name |
| 虚偽(きょぎ-kyo gi) | Lie, Falsehood, Deception |
| 虚々実々(きょきょじつぃじつ) | Full of wiles and tricks, Match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster |
| 虚言(きょげん-kyo ge n) | Lie, Falsehood, Fiction |
| 虚構(きょこう-kyo ko u) | Fiction, Imaginary thing, Fabrication, Concoction |
| 虚字(きょじ-kyo ji) | Kanji representing verb or adjective |
| 虚辞(きょじ-kyo ji) | ① Falsehood, Prevarication, ② Syntactic expletive |
| 虚実(きょじつ-kyo ji tsu) | ① Real and fiction, ② Truth and falsehood |
| 虚弱(きょじゃく-kyo ja ku) | Frailty, Weakness, Feebleness |
| 虚飾(きょしょく-kyo sho ku) | Affectation, Ostentation, Show |
| 虚心(きょしん-kyo shi n) | Open-minded, Receptive, Free from preconceived ideas |
| 虚心坦懐(きょしんたんかい-kyo shi n ta n ka i) | Frankness, Open‐mindedness |
| 虚数(きょすう-kyo su u) | Imaginary number |
| 虚勢(きょせい-kyo se i) | Bluff, False show of power, Bold front |
| 虚説(きょせつ-kyo se tsu) | Groundless rumor, Deception, Misrepresentation, Deceit |
| 虚像(きょぞう-kyo zo u) | Virtual image, False image |
| 虚脱(きょだつ-kyo da tsu) | ① Lethargy, Despondency, Mental numbness, ② Collapse. Prostration |
| 虚伝(きょでん-kyo de n) | False rumor |
| 虚報(きょほう-kyo ho u) | False news, Canard, Fabricated news story, Misinformation, Fake news |
| 虚妄(きょぼう or きょもう-kyo bo u (or) kyo mo u) | Falsehood, Untruth, Lie |
| 虚無(きょむ-kyo mu) | Nihility, Nothingness, Void |
| 虚名(きょめい-kyo me i) | False reputation, Spurious reputation, Empty title, Empty name |
| 虚礼(きょれい-kyo re i) | Empty formalities, Hollow formalities |
| 虚空(こくう or きょくう-ko ku u (or) kyo ku u) | Empty space, Empty sky |
| 虚無僧(こむそう-ko mu so u) | Komusō, Mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect, Mendicant priest playing the shakuhachi |
| 空虚(くうきょ-ku u kyo) | Empty, Hollow, Vacant |
| 謙虚(けんきょ-ke n kyo) | Modesty, Humility, Modest, Humble |
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