Jisho

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気

6 strokes
Radical:
steam, breath 气
Parts:
丶 ノ 气 乞
Variants:
氣 炁
spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Kun:
き
On:
キ、 ケ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
113 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 気 【キ】 spirit, mind, heart, nature, disposition, intention, mind, will, motivation, mood, feelings, consciousness, care, attention, consideration, worry, interest, (the) air, atmosphere, ambience, atmosphere (of), air (of), mood, fragrance, aroma, flavour, taste, qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine), chi, ki
  • 気合 【キアイ】 (fighting) spirit, motivation, effort, shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.), cheer, yell, kiai, short shout when performing an attacking move
  • 心意気 【ココロイキ】 spirit, determination, pluck, mettle
  • 水気 【ミズケ】 water content, moisture, juiciness, dampness, water vapor (vapour), steam, dropsy, edema, oedema
  • 気 【ケ】 sign, indication, trace, touch, feeling, somehow, for some reason, seeming to be
  • 気配 【ケハイ】 indication, sign, hint, sensation, feeling, tone (of the market)
  • 嫌気 【イヤキ】 dislike, disgust, disinclination, tired of
  • 水気 【ミズケ】 water content, moisture, juiciness, dampness, water vapor (vapour), steam, dropsy, edema, oedema

Kun reading compounds

  • 気 【き】 spirit, mind, heart, nature, disposition, intention, mind, will, motivation, mood, feelings, consciousness, care, attention, consideration, worry, interest, (the) air, atmosphere, ambience, atmosphere (of), air (of), mood, fragrance, aroma, flavour, taste, qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine), chi, ki
  • 気合 【きあい】 (fighting) spirit, motivation, effort, shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.), cheer, yell, kiai, short shout when performing an attacking move
  • 心意気 【こころいき】 spirit, determination, pluck, mettle
  • 水気 【みずけ】 water content, moisture, juiciness, dampness, water vapor (vapour), steam, dropsy, edema, oedema

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • espíritu
  • mente

Portuguese

  • espírito
  • mente

French

  • esprit
  • air
  • atmosphère
  • humeur
59 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
68 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
11 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
77 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2480 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
144 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
67 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
319 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
134 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
134 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
246 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1150 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3960 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2751 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1903 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17046P Morohashi
3194 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3025 New Nelson (John Haig)
1885 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2030 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
55 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
52 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2356 2001 Kanji
0a6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-2 SKIP code
2-2-4 SKIP code
8041.7 Four corner code
1-21-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c17 Unicode hex code

概

14 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
木 牙 艮
outline, condition, approximation, generally
Kun:
おおむ.ね
On:
ガイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1335 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 概 【ガイ】 appearance, look, aspect, strong spirit, mettle
  • 概算 【ガイサン】 approximation, rough estimate, ballpark figure
  • 感慨 【カンガイ】 deep emotion, strong feelings
  • 気概 【キガイ】 strong spirit, mettle, backbone, guts, fighting spirit

Kun reading compounds

  • 概ね 【おおむね】 in general, generally, mostly, roughly, largely, mainly, on the whole, by and large, gist, point, main idea

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gai4
Korean:
gae

Spanish

  • aproximadamente
  • generalmente
  • condición
  • situación

Portuguese

  • contorno
  • condição
  • aproximação
  • geralmente

French

  • grandes lignes
  • dans l'ensemble
  • approximation
  • en gros
  • en général
1072 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1328 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2344 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1196 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1443 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1459 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1553 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1161 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1107 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1322 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
717 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
959 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1494 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15217P Morohashi
1048 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2824 New Nelson (John Haig)
1482 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1594 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1709 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1857 2001 Kanji
4a10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
4191.4 Four corner code
1-19-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6982 Unicode hex code