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Learn Chinese Characters 104 气
Author: caren_zuo Date: 2007-11-06 13:45
By Caren Zuo
气(qì)

The character looks likes “三” (meaning three) for oracle bones script. Later, in order to avoid a mix-up, people made a smaller change on “三”. Straight lines turned into the curve, showing something is flowing, which is the basic feature of “air”.
We can not touch it but it is everywhere in the universe. It is also something like energy flowing through our bodies, which are related to people’s breath, courage, vigor and temper.
Useful Phrases:
空气(kōng qì) air
大气(dà qì) atmosphere
天气(tiān qì) weather
力气(lì qì) strength
勇气 (yǒng qì) courage
朝气 (zhāo qì) vigor
脾气 (pí qì) temper
火气 (huǒ qì) anger, temper
生气 (shēng qì) be angry
气氛 (qì fēn) atmosphere, air
气体(qì tǐ) gas
气候 (qì hòu) climate
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