# 汽 — Steam

Frequency rank 2185 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 摯 (Sincere), less common than 婿 (Groom).

- On’yomi: き
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level XVII of XX

A tsunami on the left crashes into energy on the right — when a tsunami hits with pure energy, it creates explosive steam rising from the ocean.

In words:

- 汽車 きしゃ — steam train
- 汽船 きせん — steamship

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