汽

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

• KangXi: 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

Historical forms of the character 汽
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰɯds) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 气 (OC *kʰɯds).

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

From 氣／气 (qì).

汽

1. steam, vapor, gas

汽

1. Alternative form of 汔 (qì, “to dry; nearly”).
2. ^‡ to tear (to produce tears)

汽

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

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. steam, vapor/vapour
2. nearly

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: みずけ (mizuke, 汽)^{←みづけ (miduke, みづけ, historical)}; ゆげ (yuge, 汽)

As variant kanji for 汔:

• Go-on: こち (kochi)
• Kan-on: きつ (kitsu)
• Kun: ちかい (chikai, 汽い); ほとんど (hotondo, 汽ど)

• IPA^(key): [kʲi]

汽(き) • (ki) 

1. steam; vapor

汽 (eumhun 김 기 (gim gi))

1. Hanja form^? of 기 (“steam; vapour”).

• 기차 (汽車, gicha, “train”)
• 기선 (汽船, giseon, “steamship; steamboat”)

汽 (eumhun 거의 흘 (geoui heul))

1. Alternative form of 汔 (“Hanja form^? of 흘 (“nearly”).”)

汽: Hán Nôm readings: khí

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