Where does “空” come from?

空 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 空.

空 (Japanese): the sky; something empty; ineffectual

Definitions

  1. the sky; something empty; ineffectual

Ancestry of “空”, step by step

空 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 空

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese空—

via Old Japanese 空

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese空—

Words derived from “空”

Every word from Middle Chinese 空 →