Tanım
•gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma) · breath (Classifier: 口 m; 股 m; 啖 c) · qi; vital energy; life force
Etimoloji
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰɯds, *qʰɯds): phonetic 气 (OC *kʰɯds) + semantic 米 (“rice”). Later borrowed meanings of “air, flow” from 气 (OC *kʰɯds). The derivative 餼 (OC *qʰɯds) refers to the original word. Compare 乞 (OC *kʰɯds, *kʰɯd).