汽

汽 U+6C7D, 汽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C7D
← 汼
[U+6C7C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 汾 →
[U+6C7E]

Translingual
Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

汽 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水人一弓 (EOMN), four-corner 38117, composition ⿰氵气)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 609, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17177
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1002, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1566, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6C7D

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 汽

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 汽
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰɯds) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 气 (OC *kʰɯds).

Alternatively, an Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 氵 (“water”) + 气 (“air”) - steam. Quite possibly both of these origins could be true, out of convenience.

Etymology 1

From 氣／气 (qì).

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 汽
Reading # 1/1
No. 10139
Phonetic
component		 气
Rime
group		 隊
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰɯds/

Definitions

汽

  1. gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma)
  2. steam; water vapor
Synonyms
  • (steam):
Compounds

Pronunciation

Definitions

汽

  1. Alternative form of 汔 (qì, “to dry; nearly”)
  2. ‡ to tear (to produce tears)

Pronunciation

Definitions

汽

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Etymology 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 汽 – see 𧰙.
(This character is a variant form of 𧰙).

Japanese

Kanji
汽

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. steam, vapour
  2. nearly

Readings
  • Go-on: け (ke)
  • Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
  • Kun: みずけ (mizuke, 汽)←みづけ (miduke, みづけ, historical); ゆげ (yuge, 汽)

As variant kanji for 汔:

Compounds
Compounds
Kanji in this term
汽
き
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʲi]

Affix

汽(き) • (ki) 

  1. steam; vapor

Korean

Hanja

汽 (eumhun 김 기 (gim gi))

  1. Hanja form? of 기 (“steam; vapour”).

Compounds

Hanja

汽 (eumhun 거의 흘 (geoui heul))

  1. Alternative form of 汔 (“Hanja form? of 흘 (“nearly”).”)

Vietnamese

Han character

汽: Hán Nôm readings: khí

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