Word Meaning 寒気

かんき kanki

寒気 is read as かんき (kanki) and means chill.

Meaning

English

  1. chill
  2. the shivers
  3. shivering fit
  4. cold
  5. coldness
  6. cold air

Reading

Kana

かんき

Romaji

kanki

Writing Variants

  • 寒け さむけ samuke
  • 寒気 さむけ samuke

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 暑気,暖気 Rank 689 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

寒気立つ

さむけだつ

to feel cold

寒気団

かんきだん

a cold air mass

寒冷高気圧

かんれいこうきあつ

cold anticyclone

寒帯気団

かんたいきだん

polar air mass

寒気凛々

かんきりんりん

it (the weather) being piercing (bitterly) cold

日本海寒帯気団収束帯

にほんかいかんたいきだんしゅうそくたい

Japan-Sea Polar-Airmass Convergence Zone

亜寒帯気候

あかんたいきこう

subarctic climate

寒い

さぶい

cold (e.g. weather)

寒さ

さむさ

coldness

寒冷

かんれい

cold

寒中

かんちゅう

mid-winter

Example Sentences

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I feel cold.

I have a chill.

I feel very chilly.

No, but I'm a bit chilly.

He caught a chill because he went out in the rain.

Even though I was sitting in the sun, I still felt chilly.

Even though I was sitting in the sun, I still felt chilly.

I seem to have a fever, and I'm getting the chills.

I get the chills from watching terrifyingly scary movies.

It's just ten degrees, and he is walking around outside in a T-shirt. I get cold from just looking at him.