Radical 84


Radical 84 or radical steam meaning "steam", "air" or "breath" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 17 characters to be found under this radical.
气 is also the 81st indexing component in the Table of Indexing [Chinese Character Components] predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
The radical character is an ancient form of, and used as the simplified form of it in Simplified Chinese.

Derived characters

In modern Chinese, this radical is used to form characters representing gaseous chemical elements and compounds.