JLPT N5 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
気 means spirit, mind, air. It is a JLPT N5 kanji written in 6 strokes, read き or け. It is built from 2 parts: 气 (spirit, steam radical (no. 84)), 乂 (mow, cut grass). It appears in 元気 (health(y) / energetic) and 天気 (weather).
気 is written in 6 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
気 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 元気 | げんき | health(y) / energetic |
| 天気 | てんき | weather |
| 電気 | でんき | electricity / (electric) light |
气 tends to carry the sound き. They carry it; they do not all mean the same thing.
| Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 気 | き | spirit, mind |
| 汽 | き | vapor, steam |
These use 气 or 乂 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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