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機

See also: 机
機 U+6A5F, 機
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A5F
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TranslingualEdit

Japanese 機∣机
Simplified 机
Traditional 機∣机

Han characterEdit

機 (radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木女戈戈 (DVII), four-corner 42953, composition ⿰木幾)

Derived charactersEdit

Related charactersEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 554, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15561
  • Dae Jaweon: page 942, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1298, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6A5F

Usage notesEdit

Note that in Japanese, both 机 and 機 are used with separate meanings (机: desk and 機: machine; airplane; chance) while in simplified Chinese, 机 is the simplified form of 機.

ChineseEdit

trad. 機
simp. 机*

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 機
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
Characters in the same phonetic series (幾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
機 *kɯl
譏 *kɯl
嘰 *kɯl
磯 *kɯl
鞿 *kɯl
饑 *kɯl
禨 *kɯl, *kɯls
幾 *kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls
鐖 *kɯl
僟 *kɯl
璣 *kɯl
蟣 *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl
穖 *kɯlʔ
畿 *ɡɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯl): semantic 木 + phonetic 幾 (OC *kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls).

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • ki - literary;
  • kui - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 機
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 微 (20)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 居依切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kɨi/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kɨi/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kiəi/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kɨj/
    Li
    Rong         		/kiəi/
    Wang
    Li         		/kĭəi/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ke̯i/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jī
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 機
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jī
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kjɨj ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kəj/
    English mechanism

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 機
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 5788
    Phonetic
    component         		幾
    Rime
    group         		微
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		機
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kɯl/

    DefinitionsEdit

    機

    1. weaving machine; spinning machine
    2. machine; apparatus; device
    3. Short for 飛機 (“aircraft”).
    4. mechanism; process
    5. cause; reason
    6. secret; confidential (affair)
    7. opportunity; chance; crucial point
    8. plan; idea
    9. flexible; quick-witted

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 機

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    機

    (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    Usage notesEdit

    Often used interchangeably in compounds with 器 (ki) to indicate “machine”, with the distinction that 機 implies a larger machine, such as an airplane, while 器 implies a smaller device, possibly hand-held. Compare 飛行機 (hikōki, “airplane”) with 食器 (shokki, “tableware”).

    Alternative formsEdit

    機 has many ryakuji (handwritten abbreviations), as it is a common character with many strokes (16):

    •   A phono-semantic simplification from on'yomi of “ki” (katakana キ): 木 + キ (semantic plus simplified phonetic) – compare   for 議 and   for 魔/摩.
    •   Graphical simplification.
    •   Graphical simplification.
    •   Graphical simplification.

    Etymology 1Edit

    Kanji in this term
    機
    き
    Grade: 4
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese 機 (kjɨj, “mechanism”). Compare modern Min Nan reading ki.

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    機 (hiragana き, rōmaji ki)

    1. a machine, a device; a contraption
    2. a loom
    3. an opportunity, a chance to do something; the right time or moment
    4. something of great importance: the linchpin of the matter
    5. resourcefulness
    6. (Buddhism) the moment of being moved into action by the teachings of the Buddha: see 機根 (kikon)
    7. by extension, the workings of the heart or mind in general
    8. in Noh theater, the breath of the mind
    9. short for 飛行機 (hikōki): an airplane, an aircraft
    10. short for 機関銃 (kikanjū): a machine gun
    IdiomsEdit
    Idioms

    Etymology 2Edit

    Kanji in this term
    機
    こぶち
    Grade: 4
    kun’yomi

    Alteration from こうべうち (kōbeuchi),[3] itself a compound of 首 (kōbe, “head”) + 打ち (uchi, “striking, hitting”).[3][1]

    PronunciationEdit

    Alternative formsEdit

    NounEdit

    機 (hiragana こぶち, rōmaji kobuchi)

    1. a trap or snare that works by beheading the bird or beast caught in it

    Etymology 3Edit

    Kanji in this term
    機
    はた
    Grade: 4
    kun’yomi

    From onomatopoeic はた (hata), possibly for the sound of the shuttle running back and forth, or for the sound of a woven cloth moving in the wind, compare 旗 (hata, “a flag”).

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    機 (hiragana はた, rōmaji hata)

    1. a loom
    2. woven cloth

    Etymology 4Edit

    Kanji in this term
    機
    わかつり
    Grade: 4
    kun’yomi

    The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 機る (wakatsuru, “to manipulate something”),[3] itself an alteration of 誘る (okotsuru, “to manipulate or con someone”),[3] a compound of 痴 (oko, “a fool”) + 釣る (tsuru, “to fish, to draw out”).[3]

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    機 (hiragana わかつり, rōmaji wakatsuri)

    1. to manipulate (as in a device)
    2. to manipulate (as in a person): to deceive, to take in someone
    3. to get on someone's right side; to humor someone; to make an effort to please someone

    ReferencesEdit

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    機 • (gi) (hangeul 기, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    機 (cơ, ki)

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