Japanese symbol for “loom”
機
はた
Romaji: hata
loom
In Japanese, loom is 機, read はた (hata).
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Meanings
- n loom
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “loom”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 織機 | しょっき shokki | loom; weaving machine |
| 浮かぶ | うかぶ ukabu | to rise to the surface; to appear; to emerge |
| 迫り来る | せまりくる semarikuru | to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching |
| 雲をつく | くもをつく kumootsuku | to be extremely tall (of stature); to tower; to loom |
| 空引き | そらびき sorabiki | loom; traditional loom |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 機能 | きのう kinou | function; facility; faculty |
| 機関 | きかん kikan | engine |
| 機会 | きかい kikai | chance; opportunity; occasion |
| 機械 | きかい kikai | machine; mechanism |
| 危機 | きき kiki | crisis; critical situation; emergency |
| 機構 | きこう kikou | mechanism; machinery |
See also: Chinese symbol for “loom”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.