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机

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(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic

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HSK 3.0
Level 1
Old HSK
Level 1
Strokes
6
Radical
木 +2
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
机
Common rank
#31
Unicode
U+673A

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Formation & memory

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How 机 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A table 几 made of wood 木; 几 also provides the pronunciation

Components 木 几

How to remember it

machine · Heisig RSH #206

木 tree + small table

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 机

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

WordPinyinMeaning
手机 shǒu jī cell phone; mobile phone; CL:部[bu4],臺|台[tai2]
机场 jī chǎng airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circum…
电视机 diàn shì jī television set; CL:臺|台[tai2]
飞机 fēi jī airplane; CL:架[jia4]
机票 jī piào plane ticket; airline ticket; CL:張|张[zhang1]
机子 jī zi machine; device
无人机 wú rén jī drone; unmanned aerial vehicle
机头 jī tóu the front (nose) of a plane etc
心机 xīn jī thinking; scheme
生机 shēng jī opportunity to live; hope of success; vigor; vitality
无机 wú jī inorganic (chemistry)
无机化学 wú jī huà xué inorganic chemistry
天机 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic); inscrutable twist of fate; fig. top secret
有机分子 yǒu jī fēn zǐ organic molecule
有机化学 yǒu jī huà xué organic chemistry
机动性 jī dòng xìng flexibility
动机 dòng jī motive; motivation
有机 yǒu jī organic
机动 jī dòng locomotive; motorized; power-driven; adaptable; flexible (use, treatment, timing etc)
机会 jī huì opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]