Hanja Analyzer
氣

氣 — gi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
기운 기
Romanization
gi
English
air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit
Mandarin
qì
Japanese on'yomi
キ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
いき
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
気 (Grade 1)
Strokes
10
Variant forms
炁
Radical
气 (84, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+6C23

Parts that make up 氣

  • 气 하늘에 흐르는 기운기운과 김. ‘기’ 계열의 소리
  • 米 쌀 미 낟알이 흩어진 모양쌀과 곡식 알갱이

How 氣 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 氣 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 气, 米.

Korean example words with 氣

  • 궁기窮氣 Korean gloss: 궁한 기색
  • 기층氣層 Korean gloss: 대기의 층
  • 병기病氣 Korean gloss: 병의 기운
  • 신기身氣 Korean gloss: 몸의 기력
  • 왕기王氣 Korean gloss: 잘될 조짐
  • 의기意氣 Korean gloss: 장한 마음
  • 지기地氣 Korean gloss: 땅의 정기
  • 춘기春氣 Korean gloss: 봄의 기운
  • 한기寒氣 Korean gloss: 추운 기운
  • 흉기凶氣 Korean gloss: 흉한 기운
  • 희기喜氣 Korean gloss: 기쁜 기분
  • 난기暖氣 Korean gloss: 따뜻한 기운

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 氣

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

愾 餼

Other hanja read “기”

丌 亓 企 伎 倛 僛 僟 其 冀 刏 剞 呮 唭 嗜 嘰 噐 器 圻 基 埼 墍 夔 奇 妓 寄 屺 岐 崎 己 幾 庋 弃 忌 忮 怾 愭 技 掎 攲 旂 旗 既 旣 暣 暨 曁 朞 期 杞 棄 棊 棋 機 欺 歧 気 汽 沂 淇 炁

Other hanja with radical 气

気 氛 氤 氲 氳

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