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機

jī

machine

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 幾 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

幾 sound component

幾  Sound component

jǐ, jī

  

how much

Evolution

機 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
機 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
機 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
機 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
機 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 機
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

*kəj

kj+j

jī

mechanism


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 95.3548% of movies

169th most common character in movies

111th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

机

Unicode

U+6A5F

Shuowen

“機，主發謂之機。从木，幾聲。”


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