气
See also: 氣, 気, and 炁
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Translingual
| Traditional | 氣 |
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| Shinjitai | 気 |
| Simplified | 气 |
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Han character
气 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人一弓 (OMN) or X人一弓 (XOMN), four-corner 80017, composition ⿳𠂉一⺄)
- Kangxi radical #84, ⽓.
- Shuowen Jiezi radical №8
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese radical/气
- 㐹, 𠯏, 𡉛, 𪨦, 忾, 㧉, 汽, 𨸛, 𣅠, 䏗, 𣏙, 𪸕, 𤽍, 𥐬, 𥝬, 𥸽, 𥾨, 𫊨, 𧥷, 𧺞, 𨥊, 靔, 𩚤(饩), 𩡹, 𪌇, 㡮, 𪗟
- 刏, 㔕, 㪂, 㰟, 𩑡, 𩾻, 忥, 𧉁, 芞, 𥤶, 𤴸
Related characters
- 氣 (Orthodox traditional form)
References
- KangXi: page 599, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17043
- Dae Jaweon: page 990, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2010, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6C14
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 气 | ||||||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (气) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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| 愾 | *kʰɯːds, *qʰɯds |
| 忾 | *qʰrɯl |
| 刏 | *kɯl, *ɡɯl, *kuːls |
| 汽 | *kʰɯds |
| 氣 | *kʰɯds, *qʰɯds |
| 气 | *kʰɯds |
| 忥 | *qʰɯds |
| 餼 | *qʰɯds |
| 鎎 | *qʰɯds |
| 熂 | *qʰɯds |
| 霼 | *qʰɯds |
| 犔 | *qʰɯds |
Pictogram (象形) : clouds flowing through the sky – original form of both 氣 (OC *kʰɯds, *qʰɯds) and 乞 (OC *kʰɯds, *kʰɯd).
In the oracle bone script, it was represented by three horizontal strokes, expressing the "feeling" of the sky. However, in order to avoid confusion with the number 三 (OC *suːm, *suːms), 气 (OC *kʰɯds) was changed to draw a small stroke from top to bottom.
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 气 – see 氣 (“air; gas; breath; etc.”). (This character, 气, is the simplified and variant form of 氣.) |
Notes:
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 气 – see 乞 (“to beg; to request; etc.”). (This character, 气, is a variant form of 乞.) |
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 气 – see 餼 (“foodgrain as a gift; foodgrain; etc.”). (This character, 气, is an ancient variant form of 餼.) |
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01998
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02115-005#26
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00041-002#26
Japanese
Kanji
气
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- steam radical (きがまえ (kigamae))
Readings
- Go-on: け (ke)
- Kan-on: き (ki)
- Kun: いき (iki)
Usage notes
- This character exists only as a radical in Japanese. The corresponding character is 気 (“air; atmosphere; spirit”).
Vietnamese
Han character
气: Hán Việt readings: khí[1][2]
- chữ Hán form of khí (“steam radical”).
References
- Trần (2004).
- Bonet (1899).