Onyomi: カイ · Kunyomi: かせ · Meanings: contraption, fetter, instrument, machine
Kanji for contraption, fetter, instrument, machine
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械 is made from 木 (wood) on the left and 戒 on the right. 木 represents wood, often used as the main material for tools and structures. 戒 has the idea of control, rules, or careful handling. Early machines and tools were often made of wood and needed to be handled in a controlled, careful way. From this idea of a structured, controlled tool, 械 came to mean a machine, device, or mechanical tool.
械 is a wooden tool that must be carefully controlled — a machine.
Picture a wooden machine (木) with strict rules and controls (戒) so it works properly and safely. That controlled tool is 械.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
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| 枷 | かせ | shackles, fetters, irons, handcuffs, restraint, constraint | Noun |