械 — Chinese character
械
xiè
weapons; tools; instruments
- Pinyin
- xiè
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 木 戒
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 戒
- Japanese
- 械 as a kanji
Common words with 械
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 机械 (機械) | jī xiè | machine; machinery |
| 机械化 (機械化) | jī xiè huà | to mechanize |
| 器械 | qì xiè | apparatus; instrument |
| 枪械 (槍械) | qiāng xiè | firearm |
| 医疗器械 (醫療器械) | yī liáo qì xiè | medical equipment |
| 持械 | chí xiè | armed (robbery etc) |
| 缴械 (繳械) | jiǎo xiè | to disarm; (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons; to surrender |
| 机械师 (機械師) | jī xiè shī | mechanic; engineer |
| 械斗 (械鬥) | xiè dòu | armed confrontation; bust-up between gangs |
| 机械工程 (機械工程) | jī xiè gōng chéng | mechanical engineering |
| 机械能 (機械能) | jī xiè néng | mechanical energy |
| 农业机械 (農業機械) | nóng yè jī xiè | agricultural machinery |
English words written with 械
械 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.