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U+6C7D, 汽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C7D

[U+6C7C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6C7E]

Translingual

More information Stroke order ...

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水人一弓 (EOMN), four-corner 38117, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 609, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17177
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1002, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1566, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6C7D

Chinese

More information simp. and trad. ...

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 汽, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰɯds): semantic (water) + phonetic (OC *kʰɯds).

Alternatively, an Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (water) + (air) - steam. Quite possibly both of these origins could be true, out of convenience.

Etymology 1

From ().

Pronunciation



More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma)
  2. steam; water vapor
Synonyms
  • (steam):
Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. alternative form of (, to dry; nearly)
  2. (historical dictionaries only) to tear (to produce tears)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (historical dictionaries only) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 𧰙.
(This character is a variant form of 𧰙).
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Japanese

Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. steam, vapour
  2. nearly

Readings

  • Go-on: (ke)
  • Kan-on: (ki, Jōyō)
  • Kun: みずけ (mizuke, )みづけ (miduke, みづけ, historical)ゆげ (yuge, )

As variant kanji for :

Compounds

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Pronunciation

Affix

() (ki) 

  1. steam; vapor

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

(eumhun (gim gi))

  1. hanja form? of (steam; vapour)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Hanja

(eumhun 거의 (geoui heul))

  1. alternative form of (hanja form? of (nearly))

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: khí

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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