What does the kanji 気 mean?

Memory hook

Vapour (气) rising off steaming rice — SPIRIT, ENERGY, AIR.

Main radical

Built from

• 气vapour 4 strokes
• 丶dot stroke 1 strokes
• 丿left-falling stroke 1 strokes
• 乞stroke shape, no meaning of its own 2 strokes

Stroke order · 6 strokes

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Common words

• 気きfeeling, mood, spirit; attention, care
• 元気げんきhealthy, energetic, well
• 天気てんきweather
• 湿気しっけhumidity, moisture
• 電気でんきelectricity; (electric) light

More words with this kanji

• 病気びょうきillness, sickness
• 気分きぶんmood, how one feels
• 空気くうきair; atmosphere, mood
• 気持ちきもちfeeling, sentiment
• 天気予報てんきよほうweather forecast
• 人気にんきpopularity
• 勇気ゆうきcourage
• 大気たいきatmosphere, air
• 景気けいきeconomic conditions, business climate
• 気体きたいgas
• 気候きこうclimate
• 気味きみtendency, touch of, -ish (suffix)
• 気温きおんair temperature
• 活気かっきliveliness, vitality
• 磁気じきmagnetism
• 陽気ようきcheerful; weather, climate
• 気の毒きのどくpitiful, unfortunate; poor (thing)
• 雰囲気ふんいきatmosphere, mood
• 気に入るきにいるto like, to take a liking to
• 気付くきづくto notice, to realize
• 呑気のんきcarefree, easygoing; optimistic
• 平気へいきcalm, unruffled; fine, not a problem
• 強気つよきbold, confident; assertive, bullish
• 換気かんきventilation