械 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「木」+音符「戒」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

contraption, fetter, machine, instrument

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• カイElem.

Kun (native)

• かせ

Other languages

• 拼音xie4
• 한글gye
• Hán-ViệtGiới

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

木(き)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 2

Unicode

U+68B0

grid_viewComponents

• 廾こまぬき
• 戈ほこ
• 木き

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木戒

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 悈One part differs
• 裓One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-4-7

Four Corner

4395.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

4a7.22

Heisig

732

Nelson

2264