机

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See also: 機 and 檯
机 U+673A, 机
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-673A
← 朹
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 朻 →

Translingual

Stroke order
0 strokes
Japanese 机∣機
Simplified 机
Traditional 机∣機

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (几) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
肌 *kril
飢 *kril
机 *kril, *krilʔ
虮 *kril
几 *krilʔ
麂 *krilʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kril, *krilʔ) : semantic 木 (“tree; wood”) + phonetic 几 (OC *krilʔ).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 机 – see 機 (“weaving machine; spinning machine; machine; apparatus; device; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 機).
Notes:

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 机

Pronunciation

Note: gei2 - variant.
Rime
Character 机 机
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 居夷切 居履切
Baxter kjij kjijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kiɪ/ /kiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ki/ /kiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kjɪ/ /kjɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ki/ /kiX/
Li
Rong 		/ki/ /kiX/
Wang
Li 		/ki/ /kiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki/ /kiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jī jǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gei1 gei2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 机
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kijX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*krəjʔ/
English small table, stool

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 机 机
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 5758 5761
Phonetic
component 		几 几
Rime
group 		脂 脂
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		飢 几
Old
Chinese 		/*kril/ /*krilʔ/

Definitions

机

  1. Alternative form of 几 (“small table; stool”)
  2. † alder
  3. a surname

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

机

  1. † chopping board

Japanese

Kanji

机

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. desk, table

Readings

  • Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
  • Kun: つくえ (tsukue, 机, Jōyō)、おしまずき (oshimazuki)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
机
つくえ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
案 (rare)

Inherited from Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

机(つくえ) • (tsukue) ←つくえ (tukue)?[n 1]

  1. desk; table
    机(つくえ)の上(うえ)に本(ほん)が三(さん)冊(さつ)ある。
    Tsukue no ue ni hon ga sansatsu aru.
    There are three books on the desk.
Notes
  1. ^ In pre-WWII literature, the historical kana spelling was mistaken to be つくゑ. Sources from the Heian period show つくえ, which is now accepted as correct.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

机 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune–Reischauer kwe, Yale kwey)

  1. desk

Vietnamese

Han character

机: Hán Nôm readings: cơ

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