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虚 means 'void'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1283   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-17    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 85 words   Used in 100 words   Used in 51 names   Component in 7 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キョ   コ
Additional readings
Kun    うつろ cavity, hollow   むなしい vacant, empty
Variants
虛  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 虚 - click the badge to download
In 虚 we find a hollow space, though it's often filled with lies. As such, it pops up in words about bluffs, false fronts, and vanity, as well as emptiness, both emotional and physical. When an effort is in vain, leading to nothing, 虚 again enables us to express that. Learn about its surprising relationship to 実. Also find out why you should never choose a spouse who has a 虚業!
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Components
⿸  虍 tiger  业 (並) almost lined up  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 虚 is used 8 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 虚 is used 95 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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キョ : 71 words FIND ALL
け ん き ょ 1
modesty; humility
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コ : 9 words FIND ALL
こ く う 0
noun
empty space; empty sky
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うつろ : 7 words FIND ALL
う つ ろ 0
noun
1. cavity; hollow; void
2. hollow (voice); empty (heart); blank (eyes, face, etc.); vacant (stare)
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むなしい : 7 words FIND ALL
expression
to cast aside one's prejudices  (archaic)
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うつろ (read as うつろ) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)
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An additional うつ.ろ less common words include 虚 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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虚
キョ   コ    void   
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虍
とら tiger   
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卜
divining rod
厂
cliff
七
シチ   ななつ    なな    なの seven   
业
almost lined up
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