气

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gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person 亻 breathing air

Components 亻 ? unknown part

air · Heisig RSH #1404

reclining + floor + fishhook

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
生气	shēng qì	to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
天气	tiān qì	weather
不客气	bù kè qi	you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt
大气儿	dà qì r	erhua variant of 大氣\|大气[da4 qi4]
人气	rén qì	popularity; presence of people; liveliness
大气	dà qì	atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish
气人	qì rén	to anger; to annoy
小家子气	xiǎo jiā zi qì	petty; small-minded
一气	yī qì	at one go; at a stretch; for a period of time; forming a gang
水气	shuǐ qì	water vapor; steam
心气	xīn qì	intention; motive; state of mind; ambition; aspiration; heart 氣\|气[qi4] (TCM)
气不公	qì bù gōng	indignant
气头上	qì tóu shang	(in) a fit of anger; (in) a foul mood
一口气儿	yī kǒu qì r	erhua variant of 一口氣\|一口气[yi1 kou3 qi4]
小气	xiǎo qì	stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty
气不平	qì bù píng	angry at unfairness
动气	dòng qì	to get angry
气动	qì dòng	pneumatic
一口气	yī kǒu qì	one breath; in one breath; at a stretch
有气无力	yǒu qì wú lì	weakly and without strength (idiom); dispirited

These characters use 气 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
气 sound part	qì	air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
饩	xì	sacrficial victim; gift; grain