(xū)

weak/empty/false

How 虛 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
— tiger stripes
Traditional
Simplified

Components

Common words using 虛

空虛 kōngxū
hollow; emptiness; meaningless
虛假 xūjiǎ
false; phony; pretense
虛偽 xūwěi
false; hypocritical; artificial
虛幻 xūhuàn
imaginary; illusory
虛擬 xūnǐ
fictitious; theoretical; virtual
虛榮 xūróng
vanity
謙虛 qiānxū
modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks
心虛 xīnxū
lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience
虛名 xūmíng
false reputation
虛妄 xūwàng
fabricated
虛實 xūshí
what is true and what is false; (to get to know) the real situation
虛度 xūdù
to fritter away (one's time)

虛 in a sentence

他看起來身體很虛。

Tā kànqǐlái shēntǐ hěn xū.

“He looks physically weak.”

How common is 虛?

虛 is the 1,069th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.2% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 虛

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