Read Edit View history Discussion 氣 qì HSK2 air Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 气 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "gift of grain", now written as 餼. The current meaning "air" is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas qì ×qi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 气 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 氣 Simp strokes 氣 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a gust of air. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 氣 Simp strokes 氣 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 氣 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 384, 855 ], [ 405, 833 ], [ 414, 809 ], [ 409, 800 ], [ 363, 726 ], [ 309, 657 ], [ 236, 579 ], [ 200, 553 ] ], [ [ 395, 725 ], [ 508, 738 ], [ 645, 783 ], [ 702, 787 ] ], [ [ 387, 619 ], [ 409, 614 ], [ 451, 619 ], [ 576, 658 ], [ 621, 661 ] ], [ [ 256, 493 ], [ 301, 480 ], [ 318, 481 ], [ 509, 522 ], [ 646, 562 ], [ 690, 564 ], [ 704, 549 ], [ 685, 487 ], [ 672, 415 ], [ 670, 284 ], [ 685, 200 ], [ 721, 115 ], [ 758, 69 ], [ 812, 28 ], [ 864, 5 ], [ 915, -4 ], [ 958, 10 ], [ 954, 133 ] ], [ [ 237, 398 ], [ 288, 367 ], [ 307, 335 ] ], [ [ 515, 454 ], [ 532, 430 ], [ 467, 354 ] ], [ [ 144, 247 ], [ 195, 238 ], [ 538, 309 ], [ 590, 306 ] ], [ [ 369, 428 ], [ 406, 390 ], [ 399, -20 ] ], [ [ 375, 253 ], [ 316, 173 ], [ 250, 105 ], [ 205, 70 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