气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
气温
qìwēn
air temperature
Characters in this word
温 wēn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 昷 warm, a warm meal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 今天气温高。 Jīntiān qìwēn gāo. The temperature is high today.
- 气温不低。 Qìwēn bù dī. The temperature is not low.
- 气温多少？ Qìwēn duōshǎo? What is the temperature?