Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of (くう) in Japanese

JLPT 2
Kana Reading
くう
Romaji
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    empty air; sky
  • Parts of speech
    Buddhist term
    Meaning
    shunya (emptiness, the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phemomenon)
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    air force
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
    Meaning
    fruitlessness; meaninglessness
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    void (one of the five elements)


Kanji in this word

JLPT 5

8 strokes

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

On'Yomi: クウ

Kun'Yomi: そら, あ.く, あ.き, あ.ける, から, す.く, す.かす, むな.しい

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