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Chinese symbol for “exasperating”

可气
kě qì
Traditional: 可氣
annoying; irritating; exasperating

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exasperating is 可气 (kě qì), defined as: annoying; irritating; exasperating.

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

可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “exasperating”

WordPinyinMeaning
恨人hèn rénprovoking; exasperating

Related words

Other words that share a character with 可气.

WordPinyinMeaning
可以kě yǐcan; may
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
不可bù kěcannot; should not; must not
可怕kě pàawful; dreadful
可爱 (可愛)kě àiadorable; cute
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere

See also: Japanese symbol for “exasperating”.

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.