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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 汽

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
汽 qì - steam
- vapor

List Ranking for: 汽

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 18,084 3,430 4,909

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 氵 气

Radical:

氵

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Liquid 氵 gas 气; 气 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 汽

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
汽车 - 3 1,223 576 1,636
汽油 5 5 4,233 5,646 12,403
汽水 - 4 6,531 24,579 12,506
蒸汽 - - 10,214 14,133 17,492
汽车站 - - 15,619 - -
汽 - - 18,084 3,430 4,909
汽笛 - - 19,891 43,316 42,743
汽化器 - - 25,593 - -
小汽车 - - 26,002 19,585 28,776
汽艇 - - 26,787 70,367 98,506
汽酒 - - 30,219 - 85,161
汽缸 - - 30,280 51,316 80,634
长途汽车 - - 30,362 - -
汽船 - - 31,094 83,039 83,422
出租汽车 - - 32,290 - -
汽化 - - 40,756 50,878 99,576
蒸汽机 - - 45,785 51,665 70,302
水汽 - 7 47,676 31,434 33,283
汽修 - - 49,727 34,500 38,415
汽灯 - - 62,382 - -
汽轮机 - - 62,755 50,005 -
汽油机 - - 81,480 55,848 93,446