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虚 means 'void'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1283   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Challenge set: 8    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 83 words   Used in 100 words   Used in 51 names   Component in 2 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
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!
This is a synopsis of Joy o' Kanji's in-depth essay on 虚
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 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 虚 is used 95 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
キョ : 71 words FIND ALL
modesty; humility
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コ : 9 words FIND ALL
noun
empty space; empty sky
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むなしい : 7 words FIND ALL
1. empty; void; vacant
2. vain; fruitless; futile; ineffective
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うつろ : 7 words FIND ALL
noun
1. cavity; hollow; void
2. hollow (voice); empty (heart); blank (eyes, face, etc.); vacant (stare)
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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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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   seven   ななつ    なな    なの    
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业
almost lined up
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