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Tiger Radical Void 虚 キョ、コ むな.しい、うつ.ろ Emptiness Unpreparedness

Kanji
Onyomi キョ、コ
Kunyomi むな.しい、うつ.ろ
English void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth
Examples 謙虚(けんきょ): modesty; humility
虚ろ(うつろ): blank; cavity; hollow; empty (space)
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1454
Components 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141)
一: one; one radical (no.1)
Number of Strokes 11
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 141
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading とら・とらがしら・とらかんむり
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword void
Koohii Story 1 In Japanese folklore there is no hell, but there is the void. There, a row of tigers waits in the blackness to devour those souls who have failed in their spiritual life.
Koohii Story 2 Warning to Sigfreid and Roy: Your entertainment contract will be null and void unless you can make all the tigers stand in a row.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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