Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 气 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
汽
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
汽
Regular
Modern
Chinese
汽 [qì]
steam; vapor
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (107)
汽车 [qìchē] #1,223
car
汽车 [qìchē] #1,223
car
汽油 [qìyóu] #4,233
gasoline
汽水 [qìshuǐ] #6,531
soda
蒸汽 [zhēngqì] #10,214
steam
公共汽车 [gōnggòngqìchē] #12,547
bus
公共汽车 [gōnggòngqìchē] #12,547
bus
汽车站 [qìchēzhàn] #15,619
bus stop
汽车站 [qìchēzhàn] #15,619
bus stop
小汽车 [xiǎoqìchē] #26,002
compact car
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JAPANESE WORDS (22)
⭐ 蒸気 [じょうき] #12,366
steam
⭐ 汽車 [きしゃ] #13,807
train (esp. long distance train)
⭐ 汽笛 [きてき] #25,505
steam whistle
⭐ 汽船 [きせん] #38,303
steamship
蒸気船 [じょうきせん] #53,762
steamship
夜汽車 [よぎしゃ] #83,756
night train
汽車賃 [きしゃちん] #91,842
train fare
汽缶 [きかん] #108,907
boiler
汽艇 [きてい] #126,438
(steam) launch
汽水域 [きすいいき] #149,005
brackish waters (of an estuary)
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KOREAN WORDS (2)