械 – contraption, fetter, machine

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The kanji 械 means contraption, fetter, machine, instrument. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カイ (kai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かせ (kase). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カイ	kai
Kun’yomi	かせ	kase

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 木・廾・戈.

Words using 械

機械きかいmachine器械きかいmachine

Example sentences

僕は今日この機械を試験するつもりです。

I am going to put this machine to the test today.

Tatoeba #81896

血圧計が大切な検査器械です。

The sphygmomanometer is an important diagnostic instrument.

Tatoeba #74856

僕は今日この機械を試験するつもりです。

I am going to put this machine to the test today.

Tatoeba #81896

Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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