JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
空 means sky, empty. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 8 strokes, read そら or くう. It is built from 2 parts: 穴 (hole, aperture), 工 (craft, construction). It appears in 空気 (air / atmosphere) and 空港 (airport).
空 is written in 8 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
空 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空 | そら | sky |
| 空気 | くうき | air / atmosphere |
| 空港 | くうこう | airport |
These use 穴 or 工 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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