false; empty or unoccupied; (of health) weak

Character data

Radical ⾌ (141.6)
Strokes 12
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

虛 xū
  1. 1. false
  2. 2. empty or unoccupied
  3. 3. (of health) weak
  4. 4. virtual
  5. 5. humble or modest
  6. 6. in vain
  7. 7. emptiness
  8. 8. void
  9. 9. abstract theory or guiding principles
  10. 10. diffident or timid

Words containing 虛

Word Meaning
unfathomable; mystery; deceitful trick
to feel weak; to be diffident
seeing is believing; don’t trust rumors
emptiness; hollow; meaningless
don’t trust talk, only believe what you see
background blurring (photography)
depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)
too weak to benefit from tonic or help
to reserve a seat; to leave a position vacant
false; phony; pretense
hypocritical; false; sham
false but apparently real
virtual image
false reputation
to misreport; fraudulent report
fabricated
people who like to window-shop for unaffordable luxuries
blank square grid for writing characters
what is true and what is false
to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
illusory; imaginary
to fritter away (one's time)
to waste time on worthless activities
weak; in poor health