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機 = 幾 + 木

機 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mechanism”. It is built from 幾 (how many) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1482.

Keyword
mechanism
RTK frame
1482
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はた
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
loom, механизм
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
機 machine

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 幾 how many
  2. 木 tree

How to find 機 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “how many” + “tree”. 機 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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