Chinese name: 气
Pinyin: qì
English name: gas
Imagery: wind blowing under the dark clouds
History of radical: This radical is called gas and it is always placed to the top of a character. In oracle bones it is a picture of rising clouds. Characters with this radical relate to clouds or gas.
For example:
- 气(qì): gas
- 氧(yǎng): oxygen
- 氢(qīng): hydrogen
