Hanja Analyzer
機

機 — gi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
틀 기
Romanization
gi
English
machine; moment, chance
Mandarin
jī
Japanese on'yomi
キ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
はた
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#127 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Radical
木 (75, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
幾(기)
Unicode
U+6A5F

Parts that make up 機

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 幾 몇 기sound 실과 창을 지켜보는 모양몇. ‘기’ 계열의 소리

How 機 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 機 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 幾.

Korean example words with 機

  • 호기好機 Korean gloss: 좋은 기회
  • 기내機內 Korean gloss: 비행기의 안
  • 기종機種 Korean gloss: 기계의 종류
  • 기회機會 Korean gloss: 겨를이나 짬
  • 군기軍機 Korean gloss: 군사상의 기밀
  • 기변機變 Korean gloss: 기계를 변경함
  • 보기保機 Korean gloss: 기계를 보호함
  • 적기敵機 Korean gloss: 적군의 비행기
  • 기수機首 Korean gloss: 비행기의 앞부분
  • 현기玄機 Korean gloss: 깊고 묘한 이치
  • 시기時機 Korean gloss: 적당한 때나 기회
  • 승기勝機 Korean gloss: 이길 수 있는 기회

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 機

  • 危機きき crisis; critical situation; emergency
  • 機関きかん engine; agency; organisation
  • 機構きこう mechanism; machinery; system
  • 機能きのう function; facility; faculty
  • 機会きかい chance; opportunity; occasion
  • 機械きかい machine; mechanism; instrument
  • 航空機こうくうき aircraft
  • 機器きき device; equipment; machinery
  • 金融機関きんゆうきかん financial institutions; banking facilities
  • 飛行機ひこうき airplane; aeroplane; plane
  • 電機でんき electrical machinery; appliances
  • 動機どうき motive; incentive; motif

Characters sharing the phonetic 幾

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “기” in Korean.

Other hanja read “기”

Other hanja with radical 木

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences