漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
机: desk, table
JLPT N26 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 几 gives the sound
6 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 机上の空論きじょうのくうろんempty theory
- 机上きじょうon the desk
つくえtsukue · kun'yomi · on its own
- 机つくえdesk
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)木 tree; wood (meaning) + 几 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 机 (rev. 93449055), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Wood (木) + table (几). A functional supporting "table" crafted from "wood"—the literal definition of a modern or traditional desk.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
机 takes the 几 family's reading, キ (ki).
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jī
Same form: 机 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 机 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 机 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jī most common reading
False friend. In simplified Chinese, 机 also stands for 機 (loom, mechanism), which Japanese writes as a separate kanji.
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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