Kanji N3

機: loom, mechanism, machine

機 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning loom, mechanism, machine, written with 16 strokes. It is read キ (on) and はた (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 機関 (きかん, engine) and 機能 (きのう, function).

機

Meanings

  • loom
  • mechanism
  • machine
  • airplane
  • opportunity
  • potency
  • efficacy
  • occasion
Strokes16
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#127 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • はた

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 16. Start at the dot.

Common words with 機

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 機関きかん

    engine

    JLPT N3
  • 機能きのう

    function; facility; faculty; feature

    JLPT N3
  • 機会きかい

    chance; opportunity; occasion

    JLPT N4
  • 飛行機ひこうき

    airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft

    JLPT N5
  • 機械きかい

    machine; mechanism

    JLPT N3
  • 機嫌きげん

    humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits

    JLPT N3
  • 危機きき

    crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

    JLPT N1
  • 機構きこう

    mechanism; machinery

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.