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氣

Unicode: U+6C23

Pinyin: qì xì

Definition

* 沒有一定的形狀、體積，能自由散佈的物體。 ～體。 * 呼吸。 沒～了。～厥。～促。～息。一～呵成。 * 自然界寒、曖、陰、晴等現象。 ～候。～溫。～象。 * 鼻子聞到的味。 ～味。臭～。 * 人的精神狀態。 ～概。～節。～魄。～派。～餒。 * 怒，或使人發怒。 不要～我了。～惱。～盛（ shèng ）。忍～吞聲。 * 欺壓。 受～。 * 中醫指能使人體器官發揮機能的動力。 ～功。～血。～虛。 * 中醫指某種症象。 痰～。濕～。 * 景象。 和～。～氛。～韻（文章或書法繪畫的意境或韻味）

air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit

Structure

氣 graph

Related substructures

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Precursors

Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC