機

機 U+6A5F, 機 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A5F ← 橞 [U+6A5E] CJK Unified Ideographs 橠 → [U+6A60]

Japanese	機∣机
Simplified	机
Traditional	機∣机

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

• 𣡯

• 机 (Simplified Chinese)

• き (Hiragana character derived from Man'yōgana)
• キ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)

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

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.

trad.		機
simp.		机*

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

機

1. weaving machine; spinning machine

   機杼／机杼  ―  jīzhù  ―  loom

2. machine; apparatus; device

   打字機／打字机  ―  dǎzìjī  ―  typewriter

3. (mostly in compounds) Short for 飛機／飞机 (fēijī, “aircraft”). (Classifier: 架 c)

   機票／机票  ―  jīpiào  ―  plane ticket

   機場／机场  ―  jīchǎng  ―  airport

   無人機／无人机  ―  wúrénjī  ―  drone

   登機／登机  ―  dēngjī  ―  to board a plane

   坐穩機！／坐稳机！ [Cantonese]  ―  co⁵ wan² gei¹! [Jyutping]  ―  Have a safe flight!

4. (mostly in compounds) Short for 手機／手机 (shǒujī, “cellphone”).
5. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for 遊戲機／游戏机 (yóuxìjī, “video game”).
6. flight (Classifier: 班 m c)
7. mechanism; process

   玄機／玄机  ―  xuánjī  ―  arcane truth; nature's mystery

8. cause; reason
9. secret; confidential (affair)

   機密／机密  ―  jīmì  ―  top secret

10. opportunity; chance; crucial point

    戰機／战机  ―  zhànjī  ―  opportunity in battle

11. plan; idea

    神機／神机  ―  shénjī  ―  marvellous strategy

12. flexible; quick-witted
13. organic

    有機／有机  ―  yǒujī  ―  organic

14. Classifier for loads in a washing machine, dishwasher, etc.

Others:

• → Vietnamese: cơ
• → Thai: กี่ (gìi)
• → Northern Thai: ᨠᩦ᩵
• → Khün: ᨠᩦ᩵
• → Lao: ກີ່ (kī)
• → Lü: ᦂᦲᧈ (k̇ii¹)
• → Shan: ၵီႇ (kìi)

• “機”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. loom
2. machine
3. opportunity

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: はた (hata, 機, Jōyō)、こぶち (kobuchi)、おり (ori, 機)、わかつり (wakatsuri)

• 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 検知器 (kenchiki, “sensor, detector”).

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. Note that キ is itself a Heian-period simplification of 幾.
• Graphical simplification.
• Graphical simplification.
• Graphical simplification.

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

From Middle Chinese 機／机 (kjɨj, “mechanism; opportunity, chance”). Compare modern Min Nan reading ki.

• (Tokyo) き [kíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲi]

機(き) • (ki) 

1. a machine, a device; a contraption
2. (weaving) 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

機(き) • (-ki) 

1. indicates aircraft
2. indicates paper aeroplanes
3. indicates lives in video games

機(き) • (-ki) 

1. indicates machines
2. indicates airplanes

   戦(せん)闘(とう)機(き)

   sentōki

   a fighter aircraft

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

Alternative spelling
首打

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

• (Tokyo) こぶち [kòbúchí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞bɯ̟t͡ɕi]

機(こぶち) • (kobuchi) 

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

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”). Compare Korean 베틀 (beteul).

• (Tokyo) はた [hàtáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ta̠]

機(はた) • (hata) 

1. (weaving) a loom
2. woven cloth

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]

• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ka̠t͡sɨɾʲi]

機(わかつり) • (wakatsuri) 

1. manipulation (as in a device)
2. manipulation (as in a person): deception, taking someone in
3. getting on someone's right side; humoring someone; an effort to please someone

From Middle Chinese 機 (MC kj+j). Recorded as Middle Korean 긔 (kuy) (Yale: kuy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource

機 (eumhun 틀 기 (teul gi))

1. hanja form^? of 기 (“machine”)
2. hanja form^? of 기 (“opportunity; chance”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

機: Hán Nôm readings: cơ, ki

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