空
くう
[kuu]
Meanings
1.Noun
empty air; sky
2.NounAdj-na
fruitlessness; meaninglessness
Less common meanings (4)
3.NounJargon
《Buddhism》shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness
4.NounJargon
air force
5.NounAdj-naHistorical
void (one of the five elements)
6.No-adjJargon
《mathematics》empty (e.g. set)
Other Readings
「空」 has other readings with different meanings.
Related Words
Examples
空を切るように手を振った。
I waved my hand as if cutting through the air.
ボールが空高く上がっていった。
The ball went high up into the sky.
空に向かって大きな声で叫んでみたかった。
I wanted to shout loudly toward the sky.