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The Shuōwén Seal form of 汽 qì ‘steam/vapor (water evaporating)’ combines 氵(水 shuǐ) ‘water’, and 气 qì (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 气, later also 汔/𣲁/滊.
Compare: 气 qì ‘(smoothly flowing) clouds/mist/fog’; 氣 xì ‘grain/food (served/gift)’; later 气/氣 qì ‘air/gas’.
►references: Henshall:94; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.1566.4; Mathews:553; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:609.06; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:059.0.10
►components: 氵气
►Cantonese: hei-
►stroke 汽 (... strokes)
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►list words containing 汽 (most common words first)
Unicode: U+6C7D
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-<WL>汽 [qì] vapor, steam; 汽油 qìyóu gasoline; 汽车 qìchē car  @@[gài] 𧰙, 接近, 切近  [yǐ] 去饭水
+<WL>汽 [qì] steam/vapor; 汽油 gasoline; 汽车 car@@; (HDZ:) 水干涸; 流泪; (副词) 将近; 水蒸气  [gài] 𧰙, 接近, 切近  [yǐ] 去饭水
-The character 汽 qì (also written 滊汔𣲁) is etymologically the same word as 气(氣) qì ‘air, vapor, vital energy’, enlarged by 氵(水 shuǐ) ‘water’ semantic determiner.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 汽(􁼗) qì ‘steam/vapor (water evaporating)’ combines 氵(水 shuǐ) ‘water’, and 气(􀃳) qì (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 气, later also 汔/𣲁/滊.
+	Compare: 气(􀃳) qì ‘(smoothly flowing) clouds/mist/fog’; 氣(􁍨) xì ‘grain/food (served/gift)’; later 气/氣 qì ‘air/gas’.
 #rH.94 D.3.1566.4 M.553 KX..609.06 B.059.0.10
 #c氵气
 #y hei-
 </WL>