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机

jī

desk

Simplified form of 機. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

几 sound,simplified component

几  Sound Simplified component

jī, jǐ

  

small table

Evolution

机 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
机 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
机 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
机 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
机 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

机 (機) 

jī

machine; moment, chance; engine; opportunity; intention; aircraft; pivot; crucial point; flexible (quick-witted); organic; CL:臺|台[tái]

机 (機) 

Jī

surname Ji

Most common words with 机
Freq.
Word
Meaning

机会

chance

机

machine

飞机

airplane

机构

mechanism

手机

cell phone

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*krəjʔ

kijX

jī

small table, stool


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 95.3548% of movies

169th most common character in movies

111th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

機

Unicode

U+673A

Shuowen

“机，木也。从木，几聲。”


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