汽 — steam, vapor
き
汽
steam
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
7 strokes
transport
U+6C7D
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #2020
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1895
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- steam
- vapor
word
き ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 氵 (water) provides the semantic field. 気 gives both the phonetic ki and the concept of air/gas. Steam — water transformed into vapor.