Chinese symbol for “qi”
炁
qì
(Daoism) Qi; vital force; life force (variant of 气 (qì))
The closest CC-CEDICT match for qi is 炁 (qì), defined as: (Daoism) Qi; vital force; life force (variant of 气 (qì)).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “qi”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 气 (氣) | qì | gas; air; smell |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坎炁 | kǎn qì | (TCM) umbilical cord (used as medicine) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “qi”.
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.