汽 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「水」 + 音符「气」。「ゆげ」を意味する漢語{汽}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

vapor, steam

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音qi4
  • 한글gi
  • 한글heul
  • Hán-ViệtKhí

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6C7D

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵气

Words using this kanji

  • 汽車きしゃ蒸気機関車で牽引して軌道を走る列車。 転じて、列車の総称。 長距離列車。steam locomotive, steam train, (long-distance) train, non-electric train
  • 汽船きせん蒸気機関を動力とする船舶。 内燃機関や原子力などを動力源とし、機械力で進む船舶。steamship, steamboat, steamer
  • 汽笛きてき蒸気を吹き込んで音を鳴らす笛。steam whistle
  • 汽水きすい塩分濃度が比較的低い食塩水。もっぱら海水と淡水が混在した液体を指す。河口域や汽水湖などでみられる。brackish water
  • 汽缶きかん密閉した容器の中で高温で高圧の蒸気を発生させる装置。ボイラー。boiler
  • 汽艇きてい蒸気機関で動く小型船。(steam) launch
  • 汽圧きあつ蒸気の圧力。蒸気圧。steam pressure
  • 汽力きりょく水蒸気の力。steam power
  • 汽車賃きしゃちんtrain fare
  • 汽缶室きかんしつboiler room
  • 汽水湖きすいこ海岸線に近く海水と淡水が入り雑じる湖。brackish lake
  • 汽水域きすいいき河口など塩水(海水)と淡水が混じり合う水域。brackish waters (of an estuary)
  • 汽鍋鶏チーコージーsteam pot chicken (Yunnan cuisine)
  • 汽船積みきせんずみshipment by steamer
  • 汽車馬陸きしゃやすでParafontaria laminata (species of millipede)
  • 汽車ポッポきしゃぽっぽchoo-choo train

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(20 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
Four Corner
3811.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a4.16
Heisig
2031
Nelson
2507