汽
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steam; vapor
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 水 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 汽
- Common rank
- #1,341
- Unicode
- U+6C7D
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 汽 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Liquid 氵 gas 气; 气 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
vapor · Heisig RSH #1405
气 air + 水 water
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 汽
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汽车 | car; automobile; bus; CL:輛|辆[liang4] | |
| 上海汽车工业集团 | Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) | |
| 汽轮发电机 | steam turbine electric generator | |
| 神龙汽车 | Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën (automobile company) | |
| 通用汽车 | General Motors | |
| 双层公共汽车 | double-decker bus | |
| 公共汽车 | bus; CL:輛|辆[liang4],班[ban1] | |
| 福特汽车 | Ford Motor Company | |
| 小汽车 | compact car | |
| 小型汽车 | compact car | |
| 汽化器 | carburetor; vaporizer | |
| 比亚迪汽车 | BYD Auto, PRC car company | |
| 公共汽车站 | bus stop; bus station | |
| 大众汽车 | Volkswagen | |
| 汽油机 | gasoline engine | |
| 汽车技工 | auto mechanic | |
| 混合型汽车 | hybrid car | |
| 汽车号牌 | vehicle registration plate; license plate | |
| 汽车戏院 | drive-in theater | |
| 汽轮机 | steam turbine |