械 — kanji meaning “contraption”
械
contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
- Meanings
- contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
- On'yomi
- カイ (kai)
- Kun'yomi
- かせ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1321 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- xiè — Chinese character page
Words with 械
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 機械 | きかい kikai | machine; mechanism |
| 器械体操 | きかいたいそう kikaitaisou | apparatus gymnastics; artistic gymnastics |
| 工作機械 | こうさくきかい kousakukikai | machine tool |
| 機械化 | きかいか kikaika | mechanization; mechanisation |
| 産業機械 | さんぎょうきかい sangyoukikai | industrial machinery |
| 医療器械 | いりょうきかい iryoukikai | medical appliances; surgical instruments |
| 機械警備 | きかいけいび kikaikeibi | card-key system |
| 機械語 | きかいご kikaigo | machine language; machine code |
| 機械文明 | きかいぶんめい kikaibunmei | technical civilization; technical civilisation |
| 機械翻訳 | きかいほんやく kikaihon'yaku | machine translation; mechanical translation; automatic translation |
| 諸器械 | しょきかい shokikai | various appliances |
| 測量機械 | そくりょうきかい sokuryoukikai | surveying instrument; surveyor's level |
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