The kanji 機: meaning, readings and stroke order

機

Meaning: machine, loom
On reading: キ ki
Kun reading: はた hata
Strokes: 16
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: máy móc, khung cửi (cơ)
Japanese: きかい。ぬのをおるはた。
Korean: 기계, 베틀 (기)
Chinese: 机器、织布机 (机)

Readings, words and example sentences

キ ki · on reading

飛ひ行こう機き
airplane
空港で 飛ひ行こう機きに乗ります。
I get on the plane at the airport.

はた hata · kun reading · less common

機はた
loom (for weaving cloth)
むかしは家で 機はたをおっていました。
Long ago, people wove cloth on a loom at home.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.