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機 — 16 strokes / Radical「木」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 16 strokes / Radical「木」
On
キき · ki
Kun
はたhata
Meaning
machine; loom; opportunity; occasion

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic: 木 (wood) with 幾 for sound; a wooden loom or mechanism, hence 'machine/opportunity'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキきki機械きかい機会きかい危機きき
Kunはたhata機き機織りはたおり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 機械きかい

    machine

  • 飛行機ひこうき

    airplane

More words with this kanji

  • 扇風機せんぷうき
  • 契機けいき
  • 機嫌きげん
  • 洗濯機せんたくき
  • 枢機卿すうききょう
  • 機織りはたおり

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

空港(くうこう)で 大(おお)きな 飛行(ひこう)機(き)を 見(み)た。

I saw a big airplane at the airport.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

機械飛行機飛行機機械machin…行to go飛fly札tag末end未not ye…材materi…束bundle岐fork希hope季season旗flag器vessel
CompoundRadicalReading

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