Chinese symbol for “intrigue”
机关
jī guān
Traditional: 機關
mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
The closest CC-CEDICT match for intrigue is 机关 (jī guān), defined as: mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 机关.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 机会 (機會) | jī huì | opportunity; chance |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 飞机 (飛機) | fēi jī | airplane; measure word: 架 (jià) |
| 机场 (機場) | jī chǎng | airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship |
| 关系 (關係) | guān xi | relation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect |
| 关于 (關於) | guān yú | pertaining to; concerning |
| 有关 (有關) | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with; to relate to |
See also: Japanese symbol for “intrigue”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.