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気温 (きおん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

気き温おん

き

お

ん

Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

air temperature; temperature

Refers specifically to the temperature of the air or weather, not body temperature or the temperature of an object.

今日きょうは気き温おんが三さん十じゅう度どまで上あがるそうだ。
They say the temperature will rise to thirty degrees today.
朝あさ晩ばんは気き温おんがかなり下さがり

ます

。

The temperature drops quite a bit in the mornings and evenings.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
温warm

Similar words

温おん度ど
A broader word for temperature in general, including objects, liquids, rooms, and measurements; 気温 is specifically air or weather temperature.
体たい温おん
Means body temperature; use 気温 for the surrounding air temperature.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 気, associated here with air or atmosphere, and 温, associated with warmth or temperature; together they denote air temperature.