EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    (fighting) spirit; motivation; effort

    チームは試合に向けて気合いが入っている。
    The team is up for the game.
  2. shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; yell

  3. kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

    Martial arts

Also written 気合い【きあい】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

Kun
いき
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
113 of 2500
Radical
steam
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-4-2, 2-2-4SKIP code
0a6.8The Kanji Dictionary
8041.7Four corner code
2356deroo
6c17Unicode hex code
1-21-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2480Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3025New Nelson (John Haig)
3194New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3960Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2751Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1885Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2030Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
77A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
319Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
144Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17046PMorohashi
11A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
134Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
134Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59sakade
67Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
68henshall3
52Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
55crowley
246Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
1150Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1903Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi4Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fit, suit, join, 0.1

Kun
あ.う-あ.うあ.いあい--あ.い-あいあ.わすあ.わせる-あ.わせる
On
ゴウガッカッ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
41 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Used in names as

あうあんこうごおわい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-4SKIP code
2a4.18The Kanji Dictionary
8060.1Four corner code
2877deroo
5408Unicode hex code
1-25-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
383Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
715New Nelson (John Haig)
2019New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2511Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1274Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1740Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
253Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
269Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
46A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
270Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
195Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3287Morohashi
121A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
159Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
159Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
77sakade
135Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
134henshall3
124Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
33crowley
271Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.2busy_people
284Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
259Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
he2Pinyin reading
habKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level