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Carina Reinhardt wrote:
Sorry I'didn't see your answer in the 2 page.
Did you see that
From http://www.aikiweb.com/language/ki_phrases.html.
In essence, the character ki means:
spirit, mind, soul, heart
* intention
* bent, interest
* mood, feeling
* temper, disposition, nature
* care, attention
So it also can mean kindness..
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I saw the page. So... what? 気 still does NOT mean
"kindness". Plus I'm still waiting to know your mileage to say that.
気
―meanings―
spirit
mind
―on-yomi―
キ
ケ
―kun-yomi―
いき
気 【き】 (n) spirit, mood, (P)
気 【げ】 (suf) (uk) seeming, giving the appearance of, giving one the feeling of.
Listen, Carina. I don't know what you (don't) know about Japanese, but a kanji represents a concept. It is an ideogram. When you put more than one kanji together you (sometimes) alter its meaning.
気 means "
spirit, mind, air, steam..." 病気 means
"illness, disease, sickness..." 元気 means "
health(y), robust, vigor, vigour, energy, vitality, vim, stamina, spirit, courage..." (and
Asami, and
Motoki, but I digress.) So according to this 気, 病気 and 元気, what's the meaning of 気? Spirit/mind or illness/disease or healthy/robust? And... how does it come to mean
"kindness" for God's sake?
Confundes la parte por el todo.