械

音読おんよみ: カイ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: きへん(木)

Meaning

Machine / Mechanism / Instrument

  • 機械きかい — machine / machinery
  • 器械きかい — apparatus / equipment
  • 手械てかせ — handcuffs
  • 械具かいぐ — mechanical tool
  • 装置そうち — device / installation (related context)

A 形声文字 combining the radical (tree / wood) with the phonetic element (warn, command). Originally linked to crafted wooden tools, it expanded to mean machinery and mechanical devices.

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