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Machinery
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingカイ

Meanings

  1. machinery
  2. contraptionRtK
  3. fetter
  4. machine
    彼は新しい機械を操作した。He operated the new machine.tatoeba
    彼は私にその機械の説明をした。He gave me an account of the machine.tatoeba
  5. instrument
  1. shackles
  2. fetters
  3. irons
  4. handcuffs
  5. restraint

Popular Usage

機械器械

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · commandments · two hands · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 732

Compound words

彼は私に、その機械の使い方を説明した。
He explained to me how to use the machine.tatoeba
彼は古い機械を修理してもらった。
He had the old machine fixed.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Machine, contraption. 木 (wood) + 戒 (two hands with a weapon) — a wooden device.Also known as “Contraption”

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