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The character 空 is structured with the semantic component 穴, representing a cave or hollow, combined with the phonetic component 工, and its earliest recorded meanings pertained to physical emptiness such as a hole or vacant space. This concrete sense gradually extended to denote the sky and atmospheric air, which were perceived as vast voids, and later incorporated abstract philosophical interpretations, including the Buddhist notion of spiritual emptiness, reflecting a shift from tangible to intangible concepts over its historical usage.
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房间里是空的。
天空中有许多云。
这里的空气很新鲜。
请把下周五空出来。
我空闲时喜欢看书。
整个礼堂空荡荡的。
这批货物将通过空运送达。
不要凭空猜测事情的真相。