Hanja Family · 한자 가족

空 — 빌 공

공책은 왜 공책이에요? 공 그리는 책? — 빌 공(空), 채우라고 비워 둔

Why is a notebook 공책? A ball book? — 空, empty

문증 what the dictionary records

공책(空冊)·공백(空白)·공간(空間)·공중(空中)·공기(空氣). 📖 空 = 穴(구멍) + 工(소리). 한자·독음은 표준국어대사전·우리말샘 원어 칸.

'Buy me a new notebook. Why is it called 공책 — a ball book?' 'Empty, plus book. A book with nothing written yet.'

空 — empty. 空冊 an empty book, left blank for writing. That's why a new one is white. 空白 blank space.

空間 the empty between — room. 空中 the empty middle — mid-air. 空氣 — air: it looks empty, but it's full of 기. 'Empty but not empty!'

'A notebook is empty too — until I write in it.' 'Empty places are empty so you can fill them.'

'On page one of my new notebook, I'll write 空 first!'

공책은 공 그리는 책이 아니라, 채우라고 비워 둔 책이었어요.