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气 means 'steam'

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Strokes : 4    Radical number: 84    Usefulness: 7    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Used in 1 name   Component in 17 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Hyōgaiji (表外字)
Common readings
On
   キ
Additional readings
On    ケ
Kun    いき spirit, steam radical (no. 84)
Variants
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Notes
See how the "steam" radical, which serves as the on-duty radical only in 気 (spirit), gives 汽 (steam) a shocking appearance.
Components
一 one  𠂉 (人) man  ⺄ (乙) second  
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气
キ    steam, breath   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
⺄
second   おつ    
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