氣

Glyph origin
– to give rice as a gift.

Later borrowed meanings of “air, flow” from. The derivative refers to the original word. Compare.

Definitions

 * 1) gas
 * 2)  air
 * 3) breath
 * 4)  qi; vital energy; life force
 * 5) weather
 * 6) smell; odour
 * 7) anger
 * 8) to be angry
 * 9) to make angry; to annoy; to anger; to enrage
 * 10) quality; character; spirit; mettle
 * 11) vitality; vigor; morale; spirit
 * 12) bad habit; bad practice
 * : Qi
 * 1) smell; odour
 * 2) anger
 * 3) to be angry
 * 4) to make angry; to annoy; to anger; to enrage
 * 5) quality; character; spirit; mettle
 * 6) vitality; vigor; morale; spirit
 * 7) bad habit; bad practice
 * : Qi
 * 1) to make angry; to annoy; to anger; to enrage
 * 2) quality; character; spirit; mettle
 * 3) vitality; vigor; morale; spirit
 * 4) bad habit; bad practice
 * : Qi
 * 1) vitality; vigor; morale; spirit
 * 2) bad habit; bad practice
 * : Qi
 * 1) bad habit; bad practice
 * : Qi
 * 1) bad habit; bad practice
 * : Qi

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Usage notes
Not used in modern Japanese. Replaced by the shinjitai form.

Etymology
From.