機 – loom, mechanism, machine

16 strokesTaught in grade 4#127 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 機 means loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ (ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はた (hata). It is written with 16 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	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	はた	hata

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: ノ・木・丶・幺・戈.

Words using 機

飛行機ひこうきairplane機会きかいchance機械きかいmachine機関きかんengine機嫌きげんhumour機能きのうfunction機構きこうmechanism契機けいきopportunity有機ゆうきorganicジェット機ジェットきjet aeroplane機きchance機関車きかんしゃlocomotive扇風機せんぷうきelectric fan交通機関こうつうきかん(means of) transportation危機ききcrisis動機どうきmotive

Example sentences

あなたは飛行機で旅行したことがありますか。

Have you ever traveled by air?

Tatoeba #231608

またの機会にしましょう。

Let's make it some other time.

Tatoeba #195481

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.

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Kanji with the same radical

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