気

Translingual

Han character

気 (radical 84 气+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人弓大 (ONK), composition ⿹气㐅)

1. air, gas, steam, vapor
2. spirit, aura, (spiritual) energy

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 599, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17046
• Dae Jaweon: page 990, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 2010, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C17

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Japanese

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Kanji

気 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 氣)

Readings

• On: き (ki), け (ke)
• Kun: いき (iki)

Compounds

Compounds

気化 (きか, kika) vaporization, evaporation; gasification 気息 (きそく, kisoku) breath, breathing 気体 (きたい, kitai) gas 気味 (きみ/ぎみ, kimi/-gimi) a feeling or sensation, -like, -looking 蒸気 (じょうき, jōki) steam 帯気音 (たいきおん, taikion): an aspirated consonant 熱気 (ねっき, nekki): hot air 空気 (くうき, kūki) air, atmosphere 天気 (てんき, tenki): the weather 冷気 (れいき, reiki): cold air 心気 (しんき, shinki): feelings, emotions 元気 (げんき, genki): vigor, health, healthfulness, good spirits, (personal) energy, enthusiasm

陽気 (ようき, yōki): comfortable or warm weather 陰気 (いんき, inki) (“melancholy”) 意気 (いき, iki): spirit 勇気 (ゆうき, yūki): courage 怒気 (どき, doki): anger 邪気 (じゃき, jaki): malice or maliciousness 生気 (せいき, seiki): vitality 電気 (でんき, denki): electricity; electrical lights 土気 (どき, doki): earthiness; an uncultured or countrified quality 水気 (すいき, suiki): water, moisture 火気 (かき, kaki): fire

風気 (かざけ, かざけ): feeling on the edge of catching a cold 気力 (きりょく, kiryoku): willpower 本気 (ほんき, honki) seriousness 神気 (しんき, shinki): a divine aura or energy 霊気 (れいき, reiki): a supernatural feeling 妖気 (ようき, yōki): a supernatural aura or energy 鬼気 (きき, kiki): a ghastly, bloodcurdling, or unearthly feeling 悪気 (わるぎ, warugi): harmful intent 殺気 (さっき, sakki): intent to kill; a sense of imminent violence 沼気 (しょうき, shōki): bad air; miasma, swamp gas 眠気 (ねむけ, nemuke): drowsiness

Noun

気 (hiragana き, romaji ki)

1. spirit; mood

Derived phrases

• 気がする
• 気を付けて
• 気に食わない, 気にくわない (きにくわない, ki ni kuwanai)
• 気がある (きがある, ki ga aru)
• 気になる (きになる, ki ni naru)
• 気に入る (きにいる, ki ni iru)

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Hanja

気
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 기 (revised: gi, McCune-Reischauer: ki, Yale: ki)

• Name (hangeul): 기운()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

気 (pinyin qì (qi4), Wade-Giles ch'i⁴)

1. 氣 (Japanese variant)