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汽

vapor
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingキ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. vaporRtK
  2. steam
  1. steam locomotive
  2. steam train
  3. (long-distance) train
  4. non-electric train
  5. diesel train

Popular Usage

汽車汽船

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · landed fish · reclining · lying down · one (一) · floor · fishhook

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2031

Compound words

汽車きしゃ
steam locomotive; steam train; (long-distance) train; non-electric train; diesel train
汽船きせん
steamship; steamboat; steamer
汽笛きてき
steam whistle
汽缶きかん
boiler
汽水きすい
brackish water
汽罐きかん
boiler
汽鑵きかん
boiler
蒸汽じょうき
steam
汽車賃きしゃちん
train fare
蒸汽船じょうきせん
steamship
夜汽車よぎしゃ
night train

On Reading Examples

この汽車は世界の果て行きの終列車です。きしゃ
This train is the last train to the world's end.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は汽車を降りた。
He got off the train.tatoeba
彼は汽車に乗った。
He got on the train.tatoeba
彼が駅へ着いたら汽車は出た後だった。
When he got to the station, the train had already left.tatoeba
地震のために汽車は５時間止まっていた。
Our train stopped for five hours owing to the earthquake.tatoeba
運航会：神原汽船。
Operated by Kanbara Kisen Companywiki
北海道炭鉱汽船(三井観光開発)
Hokkaido Colliery & Steamship Co., Ltd. (Mitsui Kanko Kaihatsu K.K.)wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 汽

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