Chinese Character 汽 Meanings and components.

Form

汽

Meaning

汽 meaning[3] in English

Steam.

Vapor.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 汽 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and gas (气)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EOMN

How to write 汽

To write汽qi4steam you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 气qi4gas arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 气 = 汽

汽 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 汽 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 汽, looks as follow:

汽
Pinyin:qi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Steam . Vapor
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
气
Pinyin:qi4
Meaning[3]: Gas . Air . Smell . Weather . To Make Angry . To Annoy . To Get Angry . Vital Energy . Qi

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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