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虚

JLPT N1 11 strokes Frequency: #1454

Meanings

Void, Emptiness, Unpreparedness, Crack, Fissure, Untruth

Radicals

虍

Decomposition

⿸虍业

Etymology

Ideographic: A tiger 虍 stalking in the bushes 业

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 horizontal right-to-left

3 diagonal top-to-bottom

4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 dot bottom-to-top

10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コ ko

キョ kyo

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うつ utsu

むな muna

Words Using This Kanji

78 words total

Other (20 words)

虚ろうつろ

cavity

虚栄心きょえいしん

vanity

虚弱児きょじゃくじ

physically weak or sickly child

exaggerated talk

empty threat

weak constitution

groundless rumor

false rumor

nominal rank

falsehood

folly

falsehood and truth

risky business

kanji representing verb or adjective

false reputation

imaginary root

false rumor

the sky

after efforts in vain

木の虚ろきのうつろ

hollow in a tree

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