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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- kong1
- English meanings
- free, with spare time
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 穴; bottom 工.
Meaning & sound clues
穴 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “cave”.
工 is identified as the sound component (gōng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 空.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
hole; Confucius
fear; perhaps
control; accuse
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 上空
- 司空见惯
- 填空
- 天空
- 太空
- 时空
- 有空儿
- 真空
- 空中
- 空儿
- 空军
- 空前
- 空地
- 空想
- 空气
- 空白
- 空荡荡
- 空虚
- 空调
- 空间
- 空隙
- 空难
- 航空
- 钻空子
- 高空