• 272nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 339 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kōng (kong1)empty • air • sky • in vain
2. kòng (kong4)to empty • vacant • unoccupied • space • leisure • free time

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kōng (kong1)The component is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for kòng (kong4)The component is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

天空 
星空 
时空 (時空)
有空 
空气 (空氣)
空虚 (空虛)
空调 (空調)
空间 (空間)
航空 

Uncommon

上空 
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
半空 
填空 
夜空 
天马行空 (天馬行空)
太空 
孙悟空 (孫悟空)
悟空 
抽空 
挖空 
横空 (橫空)
海阔天空 (海闊天空)
清空 
真空 
空中 
空位 
空前 
空姐 
空想 
空战 (空戰)
空手 
空旷 (空曠)
空洞 
空无一人 (空無一人)
空白 
空空 
空空荡荡 (空空盪盪)
空腹 
空落落 
空荡荡 (空蕩蕩)
空话 (空話)
空军 (空軍)
空运 (空運)
空闲 (空閒)
空降 
空隙 
空头 (空頭)
空余 (空餘)
落空 
虚空 (虛空)
镂空 (鏤空)
腾空 (騰空)
高空 

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  • 1013th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 76 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòng (dong4)cave • hole • zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

洞察 
漏洞 
空洞 
耳洞 

Uncommon

地洞 
山洞 
洞口 
洞天 
洞察力 
洞庭湖 
洞悉 
洞房 
洞房花烛夜 (洞房花燭夜)
洞穴 
溶洞 
漏洞百出 
破洞 
闹洞房 (鬧洞房)
黑洞 
龙洞 (龍洞)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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