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虛空 means empty space, empty sky, or void.
In the Buddhist context, it can mean “emptiness of the material world.” This can also be used as an adjective to modify other words with a meaning of unreal or insubstantial.
無 is the simple way to express “nothing.”
However, this single character leaves a bit of mystery as to what you might really mean if you hang it as a wall scroll. I'm not saying that's a bad thing; as you can decide what it means to you, and you won't be wrong if you stay within the general context.
More info: 無 is usually used as a suffix or prefix for Chinese and Japanese words (also old Korean). It can be compared to “un-” or “-less” in English. It can also mean “not to have,” no, none, not, “to lack,” or nothingness.
According to Soothill 眞空妙有 means:
The true void is the mysteriously existing, truly void, or immaterial, yet transcendentally existing.
眞空妙有 is the state of being nonexistent after removing all errant worldly influences. 眞空妙有 is achieved when all forms of existence are seen for their real nature.
(Used in Japanese version of five elements)
空 is a single character that means empty, void, hollow, vacant, vacuum, blank, nonexistent, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, and being unreal.
In the Buddhist context, this relates to the doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. The doctrine further explains that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution.
From Sanskrit and/or Pali, this is the translation to Chinese and Japanese of the title śūnya or śūnyatā.
In Japanese, when pronounced as “ron” (sounds like “roan”) this can be a given name. It should be noted that this Kanji has about 5 different possible pronunciations in Japanese: kuu, kara, sora, ron, and uro. 空 is also an element in the Japanese version of the five elements.
空無 is “nothingness” in a Buddhist context.
The first character means empty but can also mean air or sky (air and sky have no form).
The second character means have not, no, none, not, or to lack.
Together these characters reinforce each other into a word that means “absolute nothingness.”
I know this is a term used in Buddhism, but I have not yet figured out the context in which it is used. I suppose it can be the fact that Buddhists believe that the world is a non-real illusion, or perhaps it's about visualizing yourself as “nothing” and therefore leaving behind your desire and worldliness.
Buddhist concepts and titles often have this element of ambiguity or, rather, “mystery.” Therefore, such ideas can have different meanings to different people, and that's okay. If you don't get it right in this lifetime, there will be plenty more lifetimes to master it (whatever “it” is, and if “it” really exists at all).
Soothill defines this as “Unreality, or immateriality, of things, which is defined as nothing existing of independent or self-contained nature.”
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
Variations: |
akisu あきす |
(1) empty nest; (2) empty house; empty home; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空き巣狙い) burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses); sneak thief; prowler |
空 see styles |
kòng kong4 k`ung kung kuu / ku くう |
More info & calligraphy: Sky / Ether / Void / Emptiness / Unreality(1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (female given name) Ron śūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both. |
がら空き see styles |
garasuki がらすき garaaki / garaki がらあき |
(noun or adjectival noun) virtually empty; quite empty; (noun or adjectival noun) (1) virtually empty; quite empty; (2) inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless |
空心 see styles |
kòng xīn kong4 xin1 k`ung hsin kung hsin kūshin |
on an empty stomach An empty mind, or heart; a mind meditating on the void, or infinite; a mind not entangled in cause and effect, i.e. detached from the phenomenal. |
虛言 虚言 see styles |
xū yán xu1 yan2 hsü yen kogon |
empty words; false words Empty words, baseless talk. |
空屋敷 see styles |
akiyashiki あきやしき |
(1) empty residence; empty estate; (2) empty lot |
空き屋敷 see styles |
akiyashiki あきやしき |
(1) empty residence; empty estate; (2) empty lot |
Variations: |
akiyashiki あきやしき |
(1) empty residence; empty estate; (2) empty lot |
Variations: |
kara(p); kara から(P); カラ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) emptiness; being empty; (prefix) (2) not carrying anything; unburdened; empty-handed; (prefix) (3) dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false; no-show (reservation); put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.); empty (compliments); insincere |
空手 see styles |
kōng shǒu kong1 shou3 k`ung shou kung shou sorate そらて |
More info & calligraphy: Karate(1) karate; (2) empty handed; (surname) Sorate |
虚空 see styles |
kokuu / koku こくう |
More info & calligraphy: Nothingness / Empty / Void |
虛空 虚空 see styles |
xū kōng xu1 kong1 hsü k`ung hsü kung kokū |
More info & calligraphy: Nothingness / Empty / Voidśūnya; empty, void, space; ākāśa, in the sense of space, or the ether; gagana, the sky, atmosphere, heaven; kha, space, sky, ether, 虛 is defined as that which is without shape or substantiality, 空 as that which has no resistance. The immaterial universe behind all phenomena. |
罄 see styles |
qìng qing4 ch`ing ching kyō |
to use up; to exhaust; empty empty |
虛 虚 see styles |
xū xu1 hsü kyo |
emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain śūnya. Empty, vacant; unreal, unsubstantial, untrue; space; humble; in vain. |
三空 see styles |
sān kōng san1 kong1 san k`ung san kung sankū |
The three voids or immaterialities. The first set of three is (a) 空, (b) 無相, (c) 無願, v. 三三昧. The second, (a) 我空 , (b) 法空 , (c) 倶空 the self, things, all phenomena as "empty" or immaterial. The third relates to charity: (a) giver, (b) receiver, (c) gift, all are "empty". |
不空 see styles |
bù kōng bu4 kong1 pu k`ung pu kung fukuu / fuku ふくう |
(given name, person) Fukuu Amogha, Amoghavajra. 不空三藏; 智藏; 阿目佉跋折羅 Not empty (or not in vain) vajra. The famous head of the Yogācāra school in China. A Singhalese of northern brahmanic descent, having lost his father, he came at the age of 15 with his uncle to 東海, the eastern sea, or China, where in 718 he became a disciple of 金剛智 Vajrabodhi. After the latter's death in 732, and at his wish, Eliot says in 741, he went to India and Ceylon in search of esoteric or tantric writings, and returned in 746, when he baptized the emperor Xuan Tsung. He was especially noted for rain-making and stilling storms. In 749 he received permission to return home, but was stopped by imperial orders when in the south of China. In ?756 under Su Tsung he was recalled to the capital. His time until 771 was spent translating and editing tantric books in 120 volumes, and the Yogacara 密教 rose to its peak of prosperity. He died greatly honoured at 70 years of age, in 774, the twelfth year of Tai Tsung, the third emperor under whom he had served. The festival of feeding the hungry spirits 孟蘭勝會 is attributed to him. His titles of 智藏 and 不空三藏 are Thesaurus of Wisdom and Amogha Tripitaka. |
倶空 see styles |
jù kōng ju4 kong1 chü k`ung chü kung kukū |
Both or all empty, or unreal, i.e. both ego and things have no reality. |
放空 see styles |
fàng kōng fang4 kong1 fang k`ung fang kung |
to relax completely; to empty one's mind; (finance) to sell short; (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers); to deadhead |
明店 see styles |
akimise あきみせ akidana あきだな |
(irregular okurigana usage) empty house; empty shop |
白地 see styles |
hakuchi はくち |
(1) white cloth; (2) empty land; empty lot; (3) (archaism) respectable woman (as opposed to a prostitute); (place-name) Hakuchi |
皆空 see styles |
jiē kōng jie1 kong1 chieh k`ung chieh kung kaikū |
All is empty and void. |
空巣 see styles |
akisu あきす |
(1) empty house; (2) empty nest; (3) (abbreviation) prowler; sneak thief; cat burglar |
空店 see styles |
akimise あきみせ akidana あきだな |
(irregular okurigana usage) empty house; empty shop |
空果 see styles |
kōng guǒ kong1 guo3 k`ung kuo kung kuo kūka |
Empty fruit; also fruit of freedom from the illusion that things and the ego are real. |
空空 see styles |
kōng kōng kong1 kong1 k`ung k`ung kung kung kūkū くうくう |
empty; vacuous; nothing; vacant; in vain; all for nothing; air-to-air (missile) (noun or adjectival noun) empty; vacant; void Unreality of unreality. When all has been regarded as illusion, or unreal, the abstract idea of unreality itself must be destroyed. |
空聚 see styles |
kōng jù kong1 ju4 k`ung chü kung chü kūju |
(1) An empty abode or place. (2) The body as composed of the six skandhas, which is a temporary assemblage without underlying reality. |
空腹 see styles |
kōng fù kong1 fu4 k`ung fu kung fu kuufuku / kufuku くうふく |
an empty stomach (n,adj-na,adj-no) (ant: 満腹・1) empty stomach; hunger |
空車 see styles |
kuusha(p); karaguruma / kusha(p); karaguruma くうしゃ(P); からぐるま |
(1) (ant: 実車・1) empty conveyance; empty taxi; free taxi; (2) (くうしゃ only) (ant: 満車) having spaces available (of a parking lot) |
素手 see styles |
sù shǒu su4 shou3 su shou sude すで |
white hand; empty-handed (noun - becomes adjective with の) bare hand; empty hand |
虚名 see styles |
kyomei / kyome きょめい |
false reputation; empty title; empty name |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Nothingness Empty Void | 虛空 虚空 | kokuu / koku | xū kōng / xu1 kong1 / xu kong / xukong | hsü k`ung / hsükung / hsü kung |
Nothing Nothingness | 無 无 | mu | wú / wu2 / wu | |
True Emptiness Yields Transcendent Existence | 眞空妙有 | shin kuu myou u shinkuumyouu shin ku myo u | zhēn kōng miào yǒu zhen1 kong1 miao4 you3 zhen kong miao you zhenkongmiaoyou | chen k`ung miao yu chenkungmiaoyu chen kung miao yu |
Sky Ether Void Emptiness Unreality | 空 | kuu / kara / sora / ron ku / kara / sora / ron | kōng / kong1 / kong | k`ung / kung |
Nothingness | 空無 空无 | kuu mu / kuumu / ku mu | kōng wú / kong1 wu2 / kong wu / kongwu | k`ung wu / kungwu / kung wu |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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