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Chinese symbol for “gas”

气
qì
Traditional: 氣
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gas is 气 (qì), defined as: gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi.

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

气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “gas”

WordPinyinMeaning
气体 (氣體)qì tǐgas (i.e. gaseous substance)
瓦斯wǎ sīgas (loanword)
煤气 (煤氣)méi qìcoal gas; gas (fuel)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 气.

WordPinyinMeaning
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
气候 (氣候)qì hòu(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
生气 (生氣)shēng qìto get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
勇气 (勇氣)yǒng qìcourage
气氛 (氣氛)qì fēnatmosphere; mood

See also: Japanese symbol for “gas”.

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.

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