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元気

げんき

energetic, healthy

Mnemonic

Someone with their original energy still coming off them as steam, none of it spent yet. Gen げん, key き, and he is exactly as well as he looks: げんき.

Built from

origin, base
Two strokes over 儿 legs, a person at their starting point.
spirit, energy
Steam rising off something. The old form had rice giving off vapour.

Words sharing these kanji

former, ex- originally, by nature step, under foot feeling, sensation spirit, temperament to realize, to notice atmosphere, air mood, feeling seriousness atmosphere, mood indication, sign in one go

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