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# ki

«ki» in Mova's school dictionary: **a word for life energy or inner strength, used in martial…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

word (Japanese and Korean «ki» — not an English word); fragment

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Japanese, Korean) Ki is a word for life energy or inner strength, used in martial arts like aikido and karate; in Chinese it is «qi» or «chi». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ki/#m1)

2) «ki» is also a piece of longer words such as «kick», «kite» or «ski». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ki/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In martial arts classes, teachers talk about breathing and «ki» (inner energy); this is a belief from East Asian traditions, not a measured thing in science. In Scrabble, «ki» is allowed in some word lists. On its own it is not an everyday English word.

### examples

- In aikido, the teacher tells us to focus our ki. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ki/#x1)
- «Ki» is the Japanese word for life energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ki/#x2)
- The Chinese word «qi» means something similar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ki/#x3)
- Breathe slowly and feel your ki, the sensei said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ki/#x4)
- «Ki» is the first part of «kite». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ki/#x5)
- Some Scrabble players use «ki» to get points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ki/#x6)

### note

Not an English word on its own: borrowed from Japanese/Korean or a fragment. Sounds like «key». Belief in ki belongs to traditions; science does not measure it as a kind of energy.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ki» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ki/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.