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空 = 穴 + 工

空 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “empty”. It is built from 穴 (cave) and 工 (labor). It appears as a component in 20 other characters in this index.

Keyword
empty
Pinyin (Mandarin)
kōng
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
empty, hollow, bare, deserted, голый, пустой, пустынный, hollow, bare, deserted
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
空 empty

Decomposition

ids

  1. 穴 cave
  2. 工 labor

Characters that contain 空

How to find 空 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cave” + “labor”. 空 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 空 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.