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械 = 戒 + 木
械 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “contraption”. It is built from 戒 (commandment) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 732.
- Keyword
- contraption
- RTK frame
- 732
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かせ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- приспособление
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 械 weapons
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 械 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “commandment” + “tree”. 械 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 械 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.