虛

See also: 虚 and 虗

Translingual

Japanese	虚
Simplified	虚
Traditional	虛

Han character

虛 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜心廿一 (YPTM), four-corner 2121₂)

Derived characters

• 噓 戱

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1074, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32709
• Dae Jaweon: page 1541, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2825, character 6
• Unihan data for U+865B

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Chinese

trad.		虛
simp.		虚
alternative forms		虗

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 虛
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰa, *qʰa) : phonetic 虍 (OC *qʰaː) + semantic 丘 (“hill”). The lower component is retains the shape of 丠, the ancient form of 丘.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 虛

1. empty; hollow
2. false; worthless; vain
3. (astronomy) Emptiness, a Chinese constellation near Aquarius and Equuleus

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Japanese

Shinjitai	虚
Kyūjitai	虛

Kanji

虛

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 虚)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)、こ (ko)
• Kun: むなしい (munashii, 虛しい)

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Hanja

虛 • (heo) (hangeul 허, revised heo, McCune–Reischauer hŏ, Yale he)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 虛 (hư)

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