気

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See also: 氣, 气, and 炁
気 U+6C17, 気
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C17
← 氖
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 氘 →

Translingual

Stroke order (Japan)
6 strokes
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

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

Shinjitai

気

Kyūjitai

氣
気

(First grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 氣)

  1. breath
  2. gas
  3. atmosphere
  4. spirit
  5. feeling, mood
  6. condition, sign, state
  7. 24-week-period in a year
  8. disease

Readings

  • Go-on: け (ke, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
  • Kun: いき (iki, 気)

Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
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(き) • (ki) 

  1. spirit, mood
    遊(あそ)ぶ気(き)満(まん)々(まん)
    asobu ki manman
    brimming with desire to go and play
  2. inclination, will, mood, urge
    気(き)が向(む)いたら連(れん)絡(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 da yo ne.
    Something feels kind of off, doesn't it?
  4. air, gas
  5. air, nature, disposition, sense
    大人(おとな)気(げ)ない人(ひと)
    otonage nai hito
    childish person (lit. person without an adult air)
    意味有(いみあ)りげに言(い)う
    imi arige ni iu
    to say in a way implying meaningfulness
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Idioms
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(け) • (ke) 

  1. a sign
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Prefix

気(け) • (ke-) 

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Suffix

気(け) • (-ke) 

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 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
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