empty, sky, void, vacant
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
それと、停電になってもお腹が空かないように、お菓子も。
Sore to, teiden ni natte mo onaka ga sukanai you ni, okashi mo.
And some snacks, so we don't go hungry if the power goes out.
次の日の朝、空はもうすっかり晴れていました。
Tsugi no hi no asa, sora wa mou sukkari harete imashita.
The next morning, the sky was already clear.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-09-07 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0