Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

気 (radical 84 气+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人弓大 (ONK), four-corner 8041₇, composition ⿹气㐅)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 599, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17046
• Dae Jaweon: page 990, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 2010, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C17

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 氣)

Readings

• Goon: け (ke)
• Kan’on: き (ki)
• Kun: いき (iki)

Compounds

Synonyms

• (gas): 氛

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) き [kì] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲi]

Noun

気 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 氣, hiragana き, romaji ki)

1. spirit; mood
2. inclination; will; mood; urge

   気 (き)が向 (む)いたら連絡 (れんらく)してね。

   Ki ga muitara renraku shite ne.

   Feel free to contact me if you feel like it (lit. if your mood faces towards it).

   なんとなくやる気 (き)が出 (で)ない。

   Nan-to-naku yaru ki ga denai.

   I just somehow don't feel like doing it. (lit. My urge to do it just isn't coming out.)

3. feeling; sense

   なんか変 (へん)な気 (き)がするんだよね。

   Nanka hen na ki ga suru n dayo ne.

   Something feels kind of off, doesn't it?

4. air, gas

Derived terms

• 気 (き)がする ‎(ki ga suru)
• 気 (き)を付 (つ)けて ‎(ki o tsukete)
• 気 (き)に食 (く)わない ‎(ki ni kuwanai), 気 (き)にくわない ‎(ki ni kuwanai)
• 気 (き)がある ‎(ki ga aru)
• 気 (き)になる ‎(ki ni naru)
• 気 (き)に入 (い)る ‎(ki ni iru)
• 気 (き)が向 (む)く ‎(ki ga muku)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) け​ [kéꜜ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) け [kè] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞]

Noun

気 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 氣, hiragana け, romaji ke)

1. sign

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 3 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3