Kanji 械: "contraption, fetter, machine"

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 械

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

• 機き械かいmachine; mechanism · instrument; appliance; apparatus
• 機き械かい的てきmechanical
• 機き械かい仕じ掛かけmechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
• 機き械かい化かmechanization; mechanisation
• 精せい密みつ機き械かいprecision instrument or machine
• 機き械かい類るいmachinery; gadgetry; equipment
• 工こう作さく機き械かいmachine tool
• 機き械かい室しつmachine room; machinery room; engine room; machine house
• 機き械かい油あぶらmachine oil
• 機き械かい論ろんmechanism
• 機き械かい音おん痴ちmechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
• 機き械かい工こう学がくmechanical engineering

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