气 (qì) · air

气 (qì) means “air”. It is made of 亻 and has 4 strokes, and is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 气 into its parts

What 气 is made of

• 亻 rén — person

Origin hint: A person 亻 breathing air (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

气 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 气

• 不客气bùkèqiyou are welcome
• 生气shēngqìangry
• 天气tiānqìweather
• 空气kōngqìair
• 气温qìwēnair temperature
• 气候qìhòuclimate
• 力气lìqiphysical strength
• 暖气nuǎnqìheating
• 气球qìqiúballoon
• 勇气yǒngqìcourage
• 运气yùnqiluck
• 脾气píqitemper
• 气氛qìfēnatmosphere
• 淘气táoqìnaughty
• 小气xiǎoqistingy
• 语气yǔqìtone (of voice)
• 喘气chuǎnqìto pant
• 风气fēngqìgeneral mood
• 服气fúqìto be convinced
• 福气fúqigood fortune
• 和气héqifriendly
• 娇气jiāoqìdelicate
• 口气kǒuqìtone
• 理直气壮lǐzhíqìzhuàngconfident in being right
• 气概qìgàispirit
• 气功qìgōngqigong (breathing exercises)
• 气魄qìpòboldness
• 气色qìsècomplexion
• 气势qìshìmomentum
• 气味qìwèismell
• 气象qìxiàngweather
• 气压qìyāair pressure
• 气质qìzhìtemperament
• 神气shénqìexpression
• 叹气tànqìto sigh
• 天然气tiānránqìnatural gas
• 泄气xièqìto lose heart
• 氧气yǎngqìoxygen
• 朝气蓬勃zhāoqìpéngbófull of youthful vigour
• 争气zhēngqìto do one credit
• 正气zhèngqìintegrity
• 志气zhìqìambition
• 客气kèqipolite

Also built with 亻

• 亿yìhundred million
• 什shénwhat? mixed
• 仁rénbenevolent
• 仅jǐnonly
• 仇chóuenemy
• 仍réngstill
• 仔zǐsmall thing
• 他tāhe
• 仗zhàng1to rely upon
• 付fùto pay
• 仙xiāngod
• 代dàion behalf of

Quick facts

Questions about 气