空气

Character by character

• 空kōng8 strokesHSK 2empty, hollow, bare, deserted
• 气qì4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 氣steam, vapor; Kangxi radical 84

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 空气. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 气qìHSK 2

  gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi

• 空间kōng jiānHSK 4

  space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space

• 空kōngHSK 3

  empty; air; sky; in vain

• 天气tiān qìHSK 1

  weather

• 生气shēng qìHSK 1

  to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness

• 勇气yǒng qìHSK 4

  courage; valor

• 气氛qì fēnHSK 6

  atmosphere; mood

• 航空háng kōngHSK 4

  aviation

• 运气yùn qiHSK 4

  luck (good or bad)

• 天空tiān kōngHSK 3

  sky

• 空中kōng zhōngHSK 5

  in the sky; in the air

• 太空tài kōngHSK 5

  outer space

• 脾气pí qiHSK 5

  character; temperament; disposition; bad temper

• 空调kōng tiáoHSK 3

  air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)

• 空军kōng jūnHSK 6

  air force

• 客气kè qiHSK 5

  polite; courteous; formal; modest

• 力气lì qiHSK 4

  strength

• 气息qì xīHSK 7

  breath; smell; odor; flavor

• 气质qì zhìHSK 7

  temperament; personality traits; manners

• 语气yǔ qìHSK 7

  tone; manner of speaking; mood

• 空白kòng báiHSK 7

  blank space

• 气体qì tǐHSK 5

  gas (i.e. gaseous substance)

• 口气kǒu qìHSK 7

  tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone

• 时空shí kōngHSK 7

  time and place; world of a particular locale and era; (physics) space-time