Zi:汽

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[] steam/vapor; 汽​ gasoline; 汽​ car; (HDZ:) ​; ​; (​) ​; ​ [gài] ​𧰙, ​, ​ [] ​

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 汽 qì ‘steam/vapor (water evaporating)’ combines ​(​ shuǐ) ‘water’, and ​ qì (phonosemantic); formerly wr. ​, later also ​/​𣲁/​.
    Compare: ​ qì ‘(smoothly flowing) clouds/mist/fog’; ​ xì ‘grain/food (served/gift)’; later ​/​ qì ‘air/gas’.
►references: Henshall:94; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.1566.4; Mathews:553; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:609.06; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:059.0.10
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