Characters › 气
4 strokes · radical 气 (steam/breath) · traditional 氣
10 strokes · simplified 气
A way to remember it
Vapour rising and drifting sideways — steam, breath, air. The same character carries 气 the vital energy and 生气, the breath of anger.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Draft — written with AI help and not yet read by a person. What that means.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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gas; air; smell
qì — gas; air; smell
Radical 气 (steam/breath) · 4 strokes · traditional 氣
10 strokes · simplified 气
A way to remember itVapour rising and drifting sideways — steam, breath, air. The same character carries 气 the vital energy and 生气, the breath of anger.