械 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- カイかい · kai
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- machine, device
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic. Wood 木 gives the meaning and 戒 the sound. Originally it meant a wooden tool or device.
Readings and examples
| Onカイかいkai | 機械きかい |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 機械きかい
machine
- 器械きかい
instrument, apparatus
Example
工場で大きな機械が動いている。
A big machine is running in the factory.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)