Kanji 机: "desk, table"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 机

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 机つくえdesk
• 机つくえに向むかうto sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
• 机き上じょうon the desk · theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan); desktop
• 長なが机づくえlong desk; long table
• 勉べん強きょう机づくえstudy desk
• 机き上じょうの空くう論ろんarmchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea
• 文机Japanese-style writing desk
• 事じ務む机づくえclerical desk; office desk
• 机つくえを並ならべるto work together (in the same class, workplace, etc.); to be classmates; to sit side by side; to put (one's) desks side by side
• 学がく習しゅう机づくえchild desk
• 小こ机づくえsmall desk
• 書かき物もの机づくえwriting desk

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