機

Descendants

 * き ( character derived from )
 * キ ( character derived from )

Usage notes
Note that in Japanese, both and  are used with separate meanings ( 机 : desk and 機 : machine; airplane; chance) while in simplified Chinese,  is the simplified form of 機.

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1) weaving machine; spinning machine
 * 2) machine; apparatus; device
 * 3) flight
 * 4) mechanism; process
 * 5) cause; reason
 * 6) secret; confidential (affair)
 * 7) opportunity; chance; crucial point
 * 8) plan; idea
 * 9) flexible; quick-witted
 * 10) organic
 * 1) flight
 * 2) mechanism; process
 * 3) cause; reason
 * 4) secret; confidential (affair)
 * 5) opportunity; chance; crucial point
 * 6) plan; idea
 * 7) flexible; quick-witted
 * 8) organic
 * 1) opportunity; chance; crucial point
 * 2) plan; idea
 * 3) flexible; quick-witted
 * 4) organic
 * 1) flexible; quick-witted
 * 2) organic

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) loom
 * 2) machine
 * 3) opportunity

Compounds

 * : crisis
 * : aeroplane window
 * : aircraft
 * : calender
 * : triplane
 * : monoplane
 * : airplane, aircraft
 * : biplane
 * : calculator
 * : vacuum cleaner
 * : calculator
 * : vacuum cleaner

Usage notes

 * Often used interchangeably in compounds with to indicate “machine”, with the distinction that 機 implies a larger machine, such as an airplane, while 器 implies a smaller device, possibly hand-held. Compare  with.

Alternative forms
機 has many (handwritten abbreviations), as it is a common character with many strokes (16):
 * [[Image:RYAKUJI_ki_01.png|40px]] A simplification from on'yomi of “ki” (katakana キ): 木 + キ (semantic plus simplified phonetic) – compare Ryakuji GI.png for  and RYAKUJI ma.png for /. Note that キ is itself a Heian-period simplification of.
 * [[Image:RYAKUJI_ki_02.png|40px]] Graphical simplification.
 * [[Image:RYAKUJI_ki_03.png|40px]] Graphical simplification.
 * [[Image:RYAKUJI_ki_04.png|40px]] Graphical simplification.

Etymology 1
From. Compare modern 🇨🇬 reading ki.

Noun

 * 1) a machine, a device; a contraption
 * 2)  a loom
 * 3) an opportunity, a chance to do something; the right time or moment
 * 4) something of great importance: the linchpin of the matter
 * 5) resourcefulness
 * 6)  the moment of being moved into action by the teachings of the Buddha: see
 * 7) by extension, the workings of the heart or mind in general
 * 8) in Noh theater, the breath of the mind
 * 9) short for : an airplane, an aircraft
 * 10) short for : a machine gun

Idiom

 * : the time is ripe; a golden opportunity
 * , : to sieze the moment, to jump at the chance
 * , : to move with the times
 * : to change the message to suit one's audience: to alter the format or presentation for better acceptance, without changing the core ideas being conveyed
 * , : to miss the boat, to miss out

Counter

 * 1) indicates aircraft
 * 2) indicates paper aeroplanes
 * 3) indicates lives in video games

Suffix

 * 1) indicates machines
 * 2) indicates airplanes

Etymology 2
Alteration from, itself a compound of +.

Noun

 * 1) a trap or snare that works by beheading the bird or beast caught in it

Etymology 3
From onomatopoeic, possibly for the sound of the shuttle running back and forth, or for the sound of a woven cloth moving in the wind, compare. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  a loom
 * 2) woven cloth

Etymology 4
The of verb, itself an alteration of , a compound of  +.

Noun

 * 1) manipulation
 * 2) manipulation : deception, taking someone in
 * 3) getting on someone's right side; humoring someone; an effort to please someone

Etymology
From.