気
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Translingual
| Stroke order (Japan) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional | 氣 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 気 |
| Simplified | 气 |
Han character
気 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人弓大 (ONK), four-corner 80417, composition ⿹气㐅)
Derived characters
Related characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 599, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17046
- Dae Jaweon: page 990, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 2010, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6C17
Japanese
Glyph origin
Simplified from 氣 (米 → 㐅) in the 1946 Tōyō kanji list.
Kanji
| 気 | |
| 氣 |
気
(First grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 氣)
Readings
Compounds
- 電気 (denki)
- 土気 (doki)
- 怒気 (doki)
- 元気 (genki)
- 本気 (honki)
- 意気 (iki)
- 陰気 (inki)
- 邪気 (jaki)
- 蒸気 (jōki, “steam”)
- 火気 (kaki)
- 風気 (kazake)
- 気化 (kika)
- 鬼気 (kiki)
- 気味 (kimi), 気味 (-gimi)
- 気力 (kiryoku)
- 気相 (kisō, “gaseous phase”)
- 気息 (kisoku)
- 気体 (kitai)
- 空気 (kūki)
- 熱気 (nekki)
- 眠気 (nemuke)
- 冷気 (reiki)
- 霊気 (reiki)
- 気学 (kigaku)
- 殺気 (sakki)
- 生気 (seiki)
- 心気 (shinki)
- 神気 (shinki)
- 沼気 (shōki)
- 水気 (suiki)
- 帯気音 (taikion)
- 天気 (tenki)
- 悪気 (warugi)
- 妖気 (yōki)
- 陽気 (yōki)
- 勇気 (yūki)
- 気配 (kehai)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 気 |
| き Grade: 1 |
| kan'on |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 氣 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 氣 (MC khj+jH).
The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Mandarin 氣 / 气 (qi), Northern Min 氣 / 气 (ki̿), Min Nan 氣 / 气 (khì).
Pronunciation
Noun
気 • (ki)
- spirit, mood
- inclination, will, mood, urge
- feeling, sense
- air, gas
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Idioms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 気 |
| け Grade: 1 |
| goon |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 氣 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 氣 (MC khj+jH).
The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. Compare Eastern Min 氣 / 气 (ké).
In Old Japanese, this kanji is used to transcribe the 借音 (shakuon) kana of ⟨ke2⟩.
Pronunciation
Noun
気 • (ke)
- a sign
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Prefix
気 • (ke-)
- somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
Suffix
気 • (-ke)
- air, nature, disposition, sense
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Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term |
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| 気 |
| かざ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 氣 (kyūjitai) |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 気 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 気, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN