机 jī machine; engine; opportunity; starve
Made up of [木 mù wood; wooden radical 75, 几 jǐ how many; small table; some radical 16]Alternative traditional form of character: 機
Made with 6 strokes.
The wood radical shows old machines were made of wood, the second part is the phonetic 'ji'
Related characters
Also uses 木 mù component: 板 bǎn (board) 杯 bēi (cup) 本 běn (root) 菜 cài (vegetable) 彩 cǎi (color) 茶 chá (tea) 柴 chái (firewood) 床 chuáng (bed) 杆 gān (pole) 果 guǒ (fruit) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 桔 jú (tangerine) 棵 kē (of plants) 来 lái (arrive) 李 lǐ (plum) 梨 lí (pear) 林 lín (forest) 楼 lóu (multi-story building) 棋 qí (board game) 秦 qín (Qin) 亲 qīn (parent) 柔 róu (soft) 杀 shā (to kill) 树 shù (tree) 术 shù (method) 宋 song (Song) 条 tiáo (strip) 未 wèi (not yet) 闲 xián (to stay idle) 相 xiāng (each other) 校 xiào (school) 椅 yǐ (chair) 植 zhí (to plant) 枝 zhī (branch) 桌 zhuō (table)
Also uses 几 jǐ component: 船 chuán (boat) 凤 fèng (phoenix)
Sounds same
鸡 jī (fowl)Different tone
吉 jí (lucky) 及 jí (and) 几 jǐ (how many) 己 jǐ (self) 际 jì (border) 既 jì (already) 季 jì (season) 彐 jì (snout) 纪 jì (order) 记 jì (to record) 技 jì (skill) 济 jì (to cross a river)Pronunciation
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