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炁 = 旡 + 灬

炁 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “breath”. It is built from 旡 (choke on something eaten) and 灬 (fire).

Keyword
breath
Pinyin (Mandarin)
qì
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
breath, air, steam, gas. weather. used in taoist charms, воздух, газ. погода. используется в даосских чарах, дыхание, пар, air, steam, gas. weather. used in taoist charms

Decomposition

ids

  1. 旡 choke on something eaten
  2. 灬 fire

How to find 炁 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “choke on something eaten” + “fire”. 炁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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