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虚

void
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingキョ、コ
Kun readingむな.しい、うつ.ろ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. voidRtK
  2. crack
  3. emptiness
  4. fissure
  5. unpreparedness
  6. untruth
  1. empty
  2. vacant
  3. vain
  4. fruitless

Popular Usage

謙虚

Radicals and components

Radical虍tiger
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tiger · row

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2148

Compound words

謙虚けんきょ
modest; humble
虚心坦懐きょしんたんかい
with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid
虚栄きょえい
vanity; vainglory
虚偽きょぎ
falsehood; untruth; lie; misinformation; fallacy
虚空こくう
empty space; empty sky
虚構きょこう
fiction; fabrication; concoction
虚弱きょじゃく
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
虚心きょしん
open-minded; receptive; free from preconceived ideas
虚無きょむ
nihility; nothingness
空虚くうきょ
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; void; inanity
虚しいむなしい
empty; void; vacant; vain; fruitless
虚栄心きょえいしん
vanity
盈虚えいきょ
waxing and waning (of the moon)
虚言きょげん
falsehood
虚宿とみてぼし
Chinese 'Emptiness' constellation
虚飾きょしょく
ostentation
虚蝉うつせみ
one's present existence
虚脱きょだつ
lethargy
虚妄きょもう
falsehood
虚礼きょれい
empty (useless) formalities
虚鯊うろはぜ
Glossogobius olivaceus (species of goby)
虚しくむなしく
in vain
虚空蔵こくうぞう
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)
虚無僧こむそう
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)

On Reading Examples

あなたの虚言が、私を苦しめるんです。きょげん
Your lies pain me.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は年をとるにつれて、一層謙虚になった。
The older he grew, the more modest he became.tatoeba
彼は強健どころか実に虚弱だった。
So far from being robust, he was extremely weak.tatoeba
彼は、社会的地位が上がるにつれて、ますます謙虚になった。
The higher he rose in social rank, the more modest he became.tatoeba
彼の手紙で彼女は虚栄心を傷つけられた。
His letter hurt Jane's vanity.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

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