Chinese symbol for “air”
空气
kōng qì
Traditional: 空氣
air; atmosphere
The closest CC-CEDICT match for air is 空气 (kōng qì), defined as: air; atmosphere.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “air”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风范 (風範) | fēng fàn | air; manner |
| 曝 | pù | to air; to sun |
| 气 (氣) | qì | gas; air; smell |
| 空 | kōng | empty; air |
| 播出 | bō chū | to broadcast; to air (a TV program etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 空气.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
| 天空 | tiān kōng | sky |
| 空中 | kōng zhōng | in the sky; in the air |
| 太空 | tài kōng | outer space |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 生气 (生氣) | shēng qì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
See also: Japanese symbol for “air”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.