Chinese

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to support; frame; rack
to support; frame; rack; framework; measure word for planes, large vehicles, radios, etc.
 
emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
trad. (架空)
simp. #(架空)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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架空

  1. to build on stilts
    架空道路  ―  jiàkōng dàolù  ―  elevated road
  2. to make a figurehead
    架空權力架空权力  ―  jiàkōng quánlì  ―  make someone a figurehead
  3. to fabricate; to make up
    架空世界  ―  jiàkōng shìjiè  ―  fictional universe
  4. to be unfounded; to be impractical

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
くう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()(くう) (kakū-na (adnominal ()(くう) (kakū na), adverbial ()(くう) (kakū ni))

  1. fictitious
  2. overhead, aerial

Inflection

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Noun

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()(くう) (kakū

  1. fiction
  2. overhead, aerial

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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架空 (gagong) (hangeul 가공)

  1. hanja form? of 가공 (fiction, overhead; aerial)