器

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device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Four cooking vessels 口 guarded by a dog 犬

utensil · Heisig RSH #249

chihuahua + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
机器人学	jī qì rén xué	robotics
机器人	jī qì rén	robot; android
大器	dà qì	very capable person; precious object
不打不成器	bù dǎ bù chéng qì	spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
拉力器	lā lì qì	chest expander (exercise equipment)
性器	xìng qì	sex organ
机器	jī qì	machine; CL:臺\|台[tai2],部[bu4],個\|个[ge4]
电器	diàn qì	(electrical) appliance; device
理发器	lǐ fà qì	hair clippers
国美电器	Guó měi Diàn qì	GOME Electrical Appliances (founded in Beijing, 1987)
利器	lì qì	sharp weapon; effective implement; outstandingly able individual
器物	qì wù	implement; utensil; article; object
家用电器	jiā yòng diàn qì	domestic electric appliance
口器	kǒu qì	mouthparts (of an arthropod)
安定器	ān dìng qì	(Tw) electrical ballast
体重器	tǐ zhòng qì	scale for measuring body weight; bathroom scale
多工器	duō gōng qì	multiplexer
合成器	hé chéng qì	synthesizer (musical instrument)
新石器	Xīn shí qì	Neolithic
成器	chéng qì	to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect