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机, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
机 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Translingual
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Han character
机 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 木竹弓 (DHN), four-corner 47910, composition ⿰木几)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 510, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14435
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1155, character 4
- Unihan data for U+673A
Usage notes
Note that in Japanese, traditional Chinese, and Korean, 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.
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 肌
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*kril
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| 飢
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*kril
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| 机
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*kril, *krilʔ
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| 虮
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*kril
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| 几
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*krilʔ
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| 麂
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*krilʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kril, *krilʔ) : semantic 木 (“tree; wood”) + phonetic 几 (OC *krilʔ).
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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机
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kijX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*krəjʔ/
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| English
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small table, stool
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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机
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机
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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5758
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5761
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Phonetic
component
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几
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几
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Rime
group
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脂
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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飢
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几
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Old
Chinese
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/*kril/
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/*krilʔ/
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Definitions
机
- Alternative form of 几 (“small table; stool”)
- † alder
- a surname
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
机
- † chopping board
Japanese
Kanji
机
(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- desk, table
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
| For pronunciation and definitions of 机 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 机, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
机 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune–Reischauer kwe, Yale kwey)
- desk
Vietnamese
Han character
机: Hán Nôm readings: cơ
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