Onyomi: キ · Kunyomi: つくえ · Meanings: desk, table
Kanji for desk, table
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机 is formed from the wood radical 木 on the left and the character 几 on the right. 木 represents wood, while 几 represents a small table or stand. Together, they show a wooden stand or surface. From this structure, 机 came to mean desk or table.
机 shows a wooden stand, meaning desk or table.
Think of wood (木) shaped into a small stand or support (几). That wooden stand used for working or placing things is a desk — 机.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 机 | つくえ | desk | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 机上の空論 | きじょうのくうろん | armchair theory, impracticable plan, unworkable idea | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun |
| 机上 | きじょう | on the desk | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 机上検査 | きじょうけんさ | desk checking | Noun |
| 机辺 | きへん | near a desk | Noun |
| 机下 | きか | word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter | Noun |
| 几案 | きあん | desk | Noun |
| 机の足 | つくえのあし | legs of a table | Noun |
| 机を並べる | つくえをならべる | to work together (in the same class, workplace, etc.), to be classmates, to sit side by side, to put (one's) desks side by side | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb |
| 机上デバッグ | きじょうデバッグ | desk debugging, desk debug, desk checking | Noun |