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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

127 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

Kunyomi: はた

Onyomi: キ

Composition: 木 幾

機

Radical

Radical: 木

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Reading: きへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

機械(きかい)   machine

機会(きかい)   opportunity

機能(きのう)   function

機嫌(きげん)   mood

機敏な(きびんな)   smart, quick

危機(きき)   crisis

動機(どうき)   incentive

飛行機(ひこうき)   airplane

待機する(たいきする)   stand by [v.i.]

投機する(とうきする)   speculate (stock, currency)

機(はた)   loom

Onyomi Examples

機 (キ) chance, opportunity, machine, aircraft, counter for aircraft, counter for (remaining) lives

機運 (キウン) opportunity, chance, good time (to do), trend, tendency, momentum

端末機 (タンマツキ) terminal (unit)

有機 (ユウキ) organic

Kunyomi Examples

機 (はた) loom

機織り (はたおり) weaving, weaver

高機 (たかばた) traditional Japanese treadle-operated tall loom

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