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虛

虛

See also: 虚 and 虗

Translingual

Shinjitai 虚
Simplified 虚
Traditional 虛

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

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

Chinese

trad. 虛
simp. 虚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 虛
Large seal script Small seal script
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
嘘 *qʰa, *qʰas
驉 *qʰa
歔 *qʰa
魖 *qʰa
膚 *pla
虧 *kʰʷral
噱 *ɡaɡ
臄 *ɡaɡ
劇 *ɡaɡ
諕 *qʰʷraːɡ

Variant of 虗 – 虍 ‎(“hu”) + 丘 ‎(“hill”). Lower component closer to 丠.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 虛 虛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 朽居切 去魚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hɨʌ/ /kʰɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hiɔ/ /kʰiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xiɔ/ /kʰiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hɨə̆/ /kʰɨə̆/
Li
Rong		 /xiɔ/ /kʰiɔ/
Wang
Li		 /xĭo/ /kʰĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xi̯wo/ /kʰi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xū qū
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 虛 虛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xū xū
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khjo › ‹ xjo ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.qʰ(r)a/ /*qʰ(r)a/
English hill, mound; abandoned city empty

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 虛 虛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 5254 5269
Phonetic
component		 虍 虍
Rime
group		 魚 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 虚 虚
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰa/ /*qʰa/

Definitions

虛

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

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

虛

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 虚)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

虛 (hư)

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