娇气
jiāo qì · HSK 7
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🌸 娇 pampered/tender + 气 air/temperament = a pampered, fragile disposition
娇 carries the sense of being coddled or delicate, and 气 here means temperament or air. Together they describe someone fragile, fussy, or easily upset — finicky like a hothouse flower.
气 — steam/vapor radical 气
Originally a pictograph of rising vapor or clouds drifting in the sky, depicting curling streams of air. The character came to mean breath, air, and by extension vital energy or 'qi.' The simplified form 气 keeps the original outline; the traditional 氣 added 米 (rice) to suggest steam rising from cooking grain.