ㄎㄨㄥ

kōng

empty

空 is an 8 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as kōng in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as kòng.

It is made up of the components 穴 (cave) and 工 (work).

  • 空
    ㄎㄨㄥ

    kōng

    empty

    • 穴
      ㄒㄩㄝ ˊ

      xué

      cave

    • 工
      ㄍㄨㄥ

      gōng

      work

4 stories have been written about this character — see all
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My work cave is empty so I'm sad.
by dcloobeck

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I got tired of pushing an empty car through those caves with donkey Kong. I felt empty inside.
by Sandmancesar

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Laura's WORKs in a shop that feels like an <empty> CAVE, with everything needed to make an ice cream [cone g]ood.
by vms5q

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King-KONG put 8 roofs on houses which was a lot of work
by JakieBrock

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 空

kōng
kòng

Definitions for 空 pronounced as kōng

  • empty
  • air
  • sky
  • in vain

Definitions for 空 pronounced as kòng

  • to empty
  • vacant
  • unoccupied
  • space
  • leisure
  • free time

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