| 空 |
kōng kāi | circuit breaker (abbr. for 空气开关) |
| 空 |
kōng | empty / air / sky / in vain |
| 空 |
kòng | to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time |
| 开 |
kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format |