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KI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)
Domain region:
Sumer (an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ki" is a kind of...):
energy; vim; vitality (a healthy capacity for vigorous activity)
Domain region:
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
