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Character #139 · The First 1000
气 (氣) qì meaning: gas
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
- Strokes
- 410
- TraditionalSimplified
- 氣 气
- Poster cell
- AA5
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02 练习纸
Free printable · One page
Practice writing 气氣
Write 气氣 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, qì, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet 03 千字海报
04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 气 mean in English?
- 气 (qì) means "gas": gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi.
- How do you pronounce 气?
- 气 is pronounced qì in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄑㄧˋ.
- How many strokes does 气 have?
- The simplified form, 气, has 4 strokes. The traditional form, 氣, has 10.
- What is the traditional form of 气?
- The traditional form of 气 is 氣. 气 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 氣 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
- What are common words with 气?
- Common words that use 气 include 天气 (tiānqì, weather), 生气 (shēngqì, to get angry), 空气 (kōngqì, air), 气温 (qìwēn, air temperature).
- How common is 气?
- 气 is number 139 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell AA5 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.