氣 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 客に贈る食糧、食事の贈り物
  2. いき、ガス
  3. 元気、ちから、いきおい
  4. 精神、きだて、うまれつき
  5. におい

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「米」+音符「气」。「食べ物を贈る」を意味する漢語{餼}を表す字。のち仮借して「ガス」を意味する漢語{氣}に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • いき
Other languages
  • 拼音qi4
  • 한글gi
  • Hán-ViệtKhí

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
气(きがまえ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6C23

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿹气米

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-4-6
Four Corner
8091.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a6.8
Nelson
2481