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Bushu (Radical) Info: 木 (き) – tree

Henshall Mnemonic: on how many occasions is wooden loom used?

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #127 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 飛行機   [ひこうき]
  (n) aeroplane; airplane   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 機会   [きかい]
  (n) chance; opportunity   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 機能   [きのう]
  (n) function; faculty   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• ジェット機   [ジェットき]
  (n) jet aeroplane   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機械   [きかい]
  (n) machine; mechanism   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機関   [きかん]
  (n) organ; mechanism; facility; engine   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機嫌   [きげん]
  (n) humour; temper; mood   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 交通機関   [こうつうきかん]
  (n) transportation facilities   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 扇風機   [せんぷうき]
  (n) electric fan   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機関車   [きかんしゃ]
  (n) locomotive; engine   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 契機   [けいき]
  (n) opportunity; chance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 動機   [どうき]
  (n) motive; incentive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 有機   [ゆうき]
  (n) organic   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 危機   [きき]
  (n) crisis   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機構   [きこう]
  (n) mechanism; organization   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 機材   [きざい]
  (n) machine parts; machinery; equipment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 電機   [でんき]
  (n) electrical machinery; appliances   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機種   [きしゅ]
  (n) type of equipment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機首   [きしゅ]
  (n) nose (of plane)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 航空機   [こうくうき]
  (n) aircraft   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機体   [きたい]
  (n) fuselage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍機   [ぐんき]
  (n) military secret   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 待機   [たいき]
  (n,vs) alert; standby; await an opportunity; wait for orders   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機長   [きちょう]
  (n) pilot   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機動   [きどう]
  (n) maneuver   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機動隊   [きどうたい]
  (n) riot police   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 工作機械   [こうさくきかい]
  (n) machine tools   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機敏   [きびん]
  (adj-na,n) smart; quick; prompt   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 遮断機   [しゃだんき]
  (n) circuit breaker; railway crossing gate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 掃除機   [そうじき]
  vacuum cleaner   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機密   [きみつ]
  (n) secrecy; highly classified information   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 受信機   [じゅしんき]
  (n) (television, radio, etc.) receiver   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 機雷   [きらい]
  (n) (sea) mine   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 不機嫌   [ふきげん]
  (adj-na,n) pout; displeasure; ill humor; sullenness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 旅客機   [りょかくき]
  (n) passenger plane   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 上機嫌   [じょうきげん]
  (adj-na,n) good humor   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 発電機   [はつでんき]
  (n) dynamo; power generator   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 有機物   [ゆうきぶつ]
  (n) organic matter   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 端末機   [たんまつき]
  (n) a terminal (unit)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 映写機   [えいしゃき]
  (n) projector   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 機 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.