Question

機 はた 危機(きき): crisis機関(きかん): (1) engine (2) agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body (3) system; facility; facilities機構(きこう): mechanism; organization; organisation機能(きのう): function; facility; faculty; feature機会(きかい): chance; opportunity飛行機(ひこうき): aeroplane; airplane; aircraft動機(どうき): motive; incentive; motif機嫌(きげん): (1) humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits (2) safety; health; well-being; one's situation (3) in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper機関車(きかんしゃ): locomotive; engine契機(けいき): opportunity; chance有機(ゆうき): organic扇風機(せんぷうき): electric fan交通機関(こうつうきかん): transportation facilitiesジェット機(ジェットき): jet aeroplane; jet airplane機(はた): loom機(き): (1) chance; opportunity (2) machine (3) aircraft (4) counter for aircraft (5) counter for remaining lives (in video games) 4 木: tree; wood幾: how many; how much; how far; how long; some; several 木 4 (none) mechanism To avoid confusing with contraption (#677), focus on the "ism" of mechanism. For example, fetishism refers to having a fetish; mechanism here refers to having a mecha-like property, where mecha is a type of anime robot that can transform itself. Imagine a mecha that can transform itself between two forms: a huge immovable tree (as a form of defense) and a gigantic marching abacus that smashes enemies between its giant beads.

Accepted Answer

キ mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane 3 127 16 75 き・きへん 形声 Phonetic An abacus is a mechanism made of wood used to calculate how many ´anythings´.

Kanji	機
Onyomi	キ
Kunyomi	はた
English	mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane
Examples	危機(きき): crisis 機関(きかん): (1) engine (2) agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body (3) system; facility; facilities 機構(きこう): mechanism; organization; organisation 機能(きのう): function; facility; faculty; feature 機会(きかい): chance; opportunity 飛行機(ひこうき): aeroplane; airplane; aircraft 動機(どうき): motive; incentive; motif 機嫌(きげん): (1) humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits (2) safety; health; well-being; one's situation (3) in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper 機関車(きかんしゃ): locomotive; engine 契機(けいき): opportunity; chance 有機(ゆうき): organic 扇風機(せんぷうき): electric fan 交通機関(こうつうきかん): transportation facilities ジェット機(ジェットき): jet aeroplane; jet airplane 機(はた): loom 機(き): (1) chance; opportunity (2) machine (3) aircraft (4) counter for aircraft (5) counter for remaining lives (in video games)
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	127
Components	木: tree; wood 幾: how many; how much; how far; how long; some; several
Number of Strokes	16
Kanji Radical	木
Radical Number	75
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	き・きへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	mechanism
Koohii Story 1	An abacus is a mechanism made of wood used to calculate how many ´anythings´.
Koohii Story 2	To avoid confusing with contraption (#677), focus on the "ism" of mechanism. For example, fetishism refers to having a fetish; mechanism here refers to having a mecha-like property, where mecha is a type of anime robot that can transform itself. Imagine a mecha that can transform itself between two forms: a huge immovable tree (as a form of defense) and a gigantic marching abacus that smashes enemies between its giant beads.

Aircraft Mechanism Airplane Engine Organization Facility Chance Opportunity