气

See also: 氣, 気, and 炁
气 U+6C14, 气
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C14
← 氓
[U+6C13] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 氕 →
[U+6C15]
⽓ U+2F53, ⽓
KANGXI RADICAL STEAM
← ⽒
[U+2F52] 		Kangxi Radicals ⽔ →
[U+2F54]

Translingual
Traditional 氣
Shinjitai 気
Simplified 气
Stroke order
4 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

气 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人一弓 (OMN) or 難人一弓 (XOMN), four-corner 80017, composition ⿳𠂉一⺄)

  1. Kangxi radical #84, ⽓.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №8

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 599, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17043
  • Dae Jaweon: page 990, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2010, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6C14

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 气
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (气) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
愾 *kʰɯːds, *qʰɯds
忾 *qʰrɯl
刏 *kɯl, *ɡɯl, *kuːls
汽 *kʰɯds
氣 *kʰɯds, *qʰɯds
气 *kʰɯds
忥 *qʰɯds
餼 *qʰɯds
鎎 *qʰɯds
熂 *qʰɯds
霼 *qʰɯds
犔 *qʰɯds

Pictogram (象形) : clouds flowing through the sky – original form of both 氣 (OC *kʰɯds, *qʰɯds) and 乞 (OC *kʰɯds, *kʰɯd).

In the oracle bone script, it was represented by three horizontal strokes, expressing the "feeling" of the sky. However, in order to avoid confusion with the number 三 (OC *suːm, *suːms), 气 (OC *kʰɯds) was changed to draw a small stroke from top to bottom.

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 气 – see 氣 (“gas; air; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 氣).
Notes:

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 气 – see 乞 (“to beg; to request; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 乞).

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 气 – see 餼 (“foodgrain as a gift; foodgrain; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient variant form of 餼).

References

Japanese

Kanji
气

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. steam radical (きがまえ (kigamae))

Readings
  • Go-on: け (ke)
  • Kan-on: き (ki)
  • Kun: いき (iki)

Usage notes
  • This character exists only as a radical in Japanese. The corresponding character is 気 (“air; atmosphere; spirit”).

Vietnamese

Han character

气: Hán Việt readings: khí[1][2]

  1. chữ Hán form of khí (“steam radical”).

References
  1. Trần (2004).
  2. Bonet (1899).
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