See also: ぐう

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For pronunciation and definitions of くう – see the following entries.
食う
[verb] to put something in one's mouth
[verb] (men's speech, vulgar) to eat, to devour
[verb] to make a living, to live; to survive
[verb] to tease, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of; to torment
[verb] to bite, to sting (of an insect, usually used in the passive)
Alternative spelling
喰う
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[noun] empty air
[noun] meaninglessness
[noun] (Buddhism) sunyata: emptiness, vacuity, awareness, openness, thusness
[noun] (Buddhism) void: one of the 五大 (godai, literally great five) and the highest of the five elements
(This term, くう (), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as くう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くう.)