空 = 穴 + 工

空 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “empty”. It is built from 穴 (hole) and 工 (craft). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1414. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: empty
RTK frame: 1414
Strokes: 8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): クウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): そら, あ.く, あ.き, あ.ける, から, す.く, す.かす, むな.しい
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: пустой, sky
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 空 empty

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 空

How to find 空 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hole” + “craft”. 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.