Word details

空白

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 空白.

Dictionary

Entry

空白うはくNounFreq #9456
1

blank space (in a document)

2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

blank; void; gap; vacuum

Examples
母の死は私の生涯に大きな空白を残した。
The death of my mother left a big blank in my life.
3

Computing

whitespace

Examples
正規表現で空白はどのように表されるのでしょうか?
How is whitespace represented in regular expressions?

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

8 strokesFrequency 304JLPT N4Grade 1

On

クウ

Kun

そらあ.くあ.きあ.けるからす.くす.かすむな.しい

Nanori

うつ

white

5 strokesFrequency 483JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ハクビャク

Kun

しろしら-しろ.い

Nanori

あきはっ

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