Wiktionary

虛

See also: 虚, 虗, and 虎
虛 U+865B, 虛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-865B
← 虚
[U+865A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 虜 →
[U+865C]

Translingual edit

Japanese 虚
Simplified 虚
Traditional 虛

Han character edit

虛 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜心廿一 (YPTM), four-corner 21212, composition ⿸虍⿱丱一)

Derived characters edit

References edit

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

Chinese edit

trad. 虛
simp. 虚
alternative forms 虗

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 虛
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
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
噓 *qʰa, *qʰas
驉 *qʰa
歔 *qʰa
魖 *qʰa
膚 *pla
虧 *kʰʷral
噱 *ɡaɡ
臄 *ɡaɡ
劇 *ɡaɡ
諕 *qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰa, *qʰa) : phonetic 虍 (OC *qʰaː) + semantic 丘 (“hill”). The lower component retains the shape of 丠, the ancient form of 丘.

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • Taiwan:
    • hi - vernacular;
    • hu - literary.
Note:
  • 1he - vernacular;
  • 1xy - literary.
    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
    Baxter xjo khjo
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		heoi1 heoi1
    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 edit

    虛

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

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    For pronunciation and definitions of 虛 – see 譃 (“to lie”).
    (This character is a variant form of 譃).

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai

    		虚

    Kyūjitai

    		虛

    Kanji edit

    虛

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

    1. emptiness, void
    2. falsehood, lie

    Readings edit

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

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

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    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    虛: Hán Nôm readings: hư

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