虚 : Void

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Components:

虍一

void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

On 'yomi:

キョ() コ(ko)

Kun 'yomi:

むな.しい(muna.shii) うつ.ろ(utsu.ro)

Strokes:	11
Radical:	虍 (141)
Usage Rating:	1454

JLPT:	N1
old JLPT:	1
Grade:	8

Unicode:	0865a
jis208:	21-85

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虚 Usage examples

努力も虚しく(どりょくもむなしく)	after efforts in vain
虚ろな目(うつろなめ)	vacant eyes
木の虚ろ(きのうつろ)	hollow in a tree
虚虚実実の戦い(きょきょじつじつのたたかい) 虚々実々の戦い(きょきょじつじつのたたかい)	match between persons equal in shrewdness
虚式(きょしき)	imaginary expression
虚をつく(きょをつく) 虚を突く(きょをつく) 虚を衝く(きょをつく)	to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
虚数単位(きょすうたんい)	imaginary unit
虚脱感(きょだつかん)	despondency
虚血性(きょけつせい)	ischemic
一虚一実(いっきょいちじつ)	constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable
虚(うつせ)	hollow, cavity, hole
虚ける(うつける)	to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state
虚実混交(きょじつこんこう) 虚実混淆(きょじつこんこう)	mishmash of truth and untruth, mixture of fiction and fact
虚実皮膜(きょじつひまく)	the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle, Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction
虚心平気(きょしんへいき)	with an open and calm mind, without reserve, with utmost candor, with no preconceived notions
虚脱状態(きょだつじょうたい)	state of lethargy, absolute bewilderment, daze, mental numbness
虚無恬淡(きょむてんたん)	rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless
虚学(きょがく)	the soft sciences (social science, humanities, etc.)
虚勢を張る(きょせいをはる)	to bluff, to act brave
虚仮にする(コケにする)	to make a fool of someone
健闘虚しく(けんとうむなしく)	fighting in vain
恬淡虚無(てんたんきょむ)	rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless