01
虚しい
むなしい
empty
Meanings
- void
- emptiness
- unpreparedness
- crack
- fissure
- untruth
Readings
Onyomi
- キョ
- コ
Kunyomi
- むな.しい
- うつ.ろ
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Useful words
02
謙虚
けんきょ
humble
03
虚ろ
うつろ
blank
often used to describe a vacant or blank look in the eyes
04
虚偽
きょぎ
falsehood
05
虚弱
きょじゃく
frail
06
空虚
くうきょ
hollow
Compare Kanji
01嘘Shape92%falsehood, lie虚 forms the right side of 嘘, and both are related to untruth or emptiness.02実Pair95%reality, truthThese kanji form a pair representing truth (実) versus falsehood or emptiness (虚).03空Meaning90%empty, skyBoth kanji describe concepts of emptiness and the void.04虎Component85%tiger, drunkardBoth kanji share the 虍 component at the top.05無Meaning80%nothingness, noneBoth kanji express themes of nothingness or the absence of substance.06虐Component80%tyrannize, oppressBoth kanji feature the 虍 radical at the top.