虚

See also: 虛, 虗, and 虎

虚 U+865A, 虚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-865A ← 虙 [U+8659] CJK Unified Ideographs 虛 → [U+865B]

Translingual

Japanese	虚
Simplified	虚
Traditional	虛

Glyph origin

Variant of 虛.

Han character

虚 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜心廿金 (YPTC), four-corner 2121₂, composition ⿸虍业)

Derived characters

• 嘘 戯 墟

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1074, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32708
• Dae Jaweon: page 1541, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2822, character 1
• Unihan data for U+865A

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚 – see 虛 (“empty; hollow; false; worthless; vain; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 虛).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	虚
Kyūjitai	虛

Kanji

虚

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 虛)

1. emptiness, void
2. falsehood, lie

Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo, Jōyō)
• Kun: うつ (utsu, 虚)、うつお (utsuo, 虚)、うつかす (utsukasu, 虚かす)、うつかかす (utsukakasu, 虚かかす)、うつけ (utsuke, 虚)、うつける (utsukeru, 虚ける)、うつせ (utsuse, 虚)、うつら (utsura, 虚ら)、うつろ (utsuro, 虚ろ)、うろ (uro, 虚)、から (kara, 虚)、そら (sora, 虚)、むな (muna, 虚)、むなしい (munashii, 虚しい)

Compounds

• 虚引(きょいん) (kyoin)
• 虚栄(きょえい) (kyoei)
• 虚仮(こけ) (koke)
• 虚喝(きょかつ) (kyokatsu)
• 虚偽(きょぎ) (kyogi)
• 虚空(こくう) (kokū)
• 虚言(きょげん) (kyogen)
• 虚構(きょこう) (kyokō)
• 虚左(きょさ) (kyosa)
• 虚字(きょじ) (kyoji)
• 虚辞(きょじ) (kyoji)
• 虚室(きょしつ) (kyoshitsu)
• 虚実(きょじつ) (kyojitsu)
• 虚邪(きょじゃ) (kyoja)
• 虚弱(きょじゃく) (kyojaku)
• 虚心(きょしん) (kyoshin)
• 虚脱(きょだつ) (kyodatsu)
• 虚誕(きょたん) (kyotan)
• 虚無(きょむ) (kyomu)
• 虚妄(きょもう) (kyomō)
• 虚礼(きょれい) (kyorei)
• 虚論(きょろん) (kyoron)
• 虚無僧(こむそう) (komusō)

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚 – see the following entry: うつ

(The following entry is uncreated: うつ.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚 – see the following entry: うつお

(The following entry is uncreated: うつお.)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚 – see the following entry: うつけ

(The following entry is uncreated: うつけ.)

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚 – see the following entry: うつせ

(The following entry is uncreated: うつせ.)

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚 – see the following entry.

【うろ】 [noun] 虚: a hollow place [affix] somewhat insufficiently uncertain [noun] (slang, used by criminals) a road

(This term, 虚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚 – see the following entry: から

(The following entry is uncreated: から.)

Etymology 7

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚 – see the following entry.

【空そら】1 [noun] the sky

(This term, 虚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 8

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚 – see the following entry: むな

(The following entry is uncreated: むな.)