the kanji of michi and horou

dajanacupic

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Hi! I have a two questions, and hopeful you can help me. First one, does the kanji michi means a path, in a spiritual way? And second one is about the kanji horou, which I found that means hollow or empty? I am confused about the second kanji because I can only find it on one kanji learning sites. Thanks!

 

lanthas

　

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Michi (道) can be used for both physical and abstract paths/ways. It's used in words like 仏道 (butsudou: buddha + way = buddhism), 武道 (budou: weapon + way = martial arts) etc., but also 歩道 (hodou: walk + way = walkway) and 道路 (douro: street).

Can you give the actual kanji for "horou" instead of just the romanization? Are you sure they're not talking about the loanword ホロー which is derived from the English word?

 

dajanacupic

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thanks for the first one here is the link where I found the kanji "Horou" – Hollow written in Japanese Kanji | Japanese Kanji Symbols

Thanks again

 

lanthas

　

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That would be 虚, pronounced "uro". But the meaning is indeed "hollow".

 

dajanacupic

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But its written with both of kanjies you have wrote?

 

Toritoribe

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The OP is talking about a term used in a manga/anime Bleach, thus, it's a kind of ateji.

虚 (BLEACH) - Wikipedia

 

lanthas

　

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I just found that same page . So indeed, "horou" is a valid reading - in a way - but specifically refers to demons in Bleach, not the general word "hollow".

dajanacupic said:

But its written with both of kanjies you have wrote?

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I'm not sure what you mean.

 

dajanacupic

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Sorry, I lost myself there for a sec. I get you now, I just wanted to know if the kanji in the link means hollow.
Thanks

 

dajanacupic

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I have only one more question here and I wont be such a pain in the *** haha! I found this kanji 空 here that actually means "void or emptiness" in a buddhist sence so Im just wondering if thats correct

 

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Kanji has many meanings, as lanthas-san already provided. 空 can mean sky(sora) or vacant(suku), for instance.

空の英語・英訳 - 英和辞典・和英辞典 Weblio辞書