Memory phrase for the character: 虚

虚

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Meaning

empty, void, hollow, vacant

Pronunciation

KYO, KO
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Explanation

 Top: tiger 虎 (image with fang teeth), below: hollow 业 (= extinct volcanic vent)

Mnemonic
 
The tiger's hole (den) is empty.

Radicals

虎 tiger
业 hollowImage of a hollow volcano vent




 Vocabulary

虚しい むなしい  empty; void; vacant, vain
謙虚 けんきょ  modesty, humility
虚偽 きょぎ  falsehood; untruth; lie

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