空
kōngkòng HSK2

empty

空 kōng frequency
empty adjective
containing nothing; hollow or void

这个盒子是空的。

zhè gè hé​zi shì kōng de.

This box is empty.

sky abbreviation
the air, atmosphere, or space above the earth

一道刺眼的闪电划破了漆黑的夜空。

yī dào cì​yǎn de shǎn​diàn huá​pò le qī​hēi de yè kōng.

A blinding flash of lightning split the dark night sky.

in vain adjective
to no purpose; fruitlessly or for nothing

我们不能让他在这里空等。

wǒ​men bù néng ràng tā zài zhè​lǐ kōng děng.

We can't let him wait here for nothing.

空 kòng
leisure noun
free time or an interval of time available for rest or activities

你明天下午有空来我家吗？

nǐ míng​tiān xià​wǔ yǒu kòng lái wǒ jiā ma?

Are you free to come to my house tomorrow afternoon?

vacant verb
to leave empty, unoccupied, or a physical gap or space

这个座位空着，没人坐。

zhè​gè zuò​wèi kòng zhe, méi rén zuò.

This seat is vacant; no one is sitting here.

Frequency
Character
Written text
272nd most common 819.3 per million
Movie subtitles
444th most common 331.3 per million appears in 74% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
66.8 per million appears in 23% of films
Written text
93.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+7A7A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)