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Kanji Detail for 氣 - "spirit, air, mood"

氣

  • Meaning

    氣 means "spirit, air, mood."

    1. Spirit - Energy; vitality.

    2. Air - Atmosphere; breath.

    3. Mood - A feeling; a temperament.

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    • Verified meaning: spirit, air, mood
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    spirit; mind; air; atmosphere; mood

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    air, gas; steam, vapor; anger

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Breath. Referring to what is inhaled and exhaled. That which has no visible form but can be sensed is called 氣. As in fortune (氣運), weather (氣象), smell (氣味), charm (氣韻), and the like. Spirit manifested externally, as in courage (勇氣), spirit (神氣). | Climate. As in seasonal weather is called 節氣 (solar terms). | Colloquially, anger is called 氣. As in getting angry is called 動氣.

  • Onyomi

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    ke(ケ) ケ

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

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    iki(いき) いき

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    气 (kigamae)

  • Related Keywords

    spirit air mood atmosphere breath energy force scent sense aura chi disposition essence feeling temperament vitality

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