Zi:機
機(S机) [jī] (機器 jīqi) machine; 收音機 radio
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(Explanation from the entry for the simple form 机:) The simple-form character 机 (6 strokes) is an old form (formerly a tree name, see below), re-used as the simple form of the full-form character 機 jī ‘machine’ (16 strokes), replacing the full-form component 幾 (12 strokes) with 几 (2 strokes).
Note: In the simple form 机 jī ‘machine’ the full-form component 幾 jī (phonetic) becomes 几 jī (phonetic); cf. 叽/嘰, 讥/譏.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 机() jī ‘alder tree’ (桤木) combines 木 (mù) ‘tree’, with 几() jī (phonetic).
Note: Today also 机/几 jī ‘table’, formerly wr. 几(); formerly also 机 wèi ‘chopping block’.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 機() jī ‘trigger mechanism of a crossbow’, combines 木 (mù) ‘tree/wood’, and 幾() jǐ (phonosemantic).
Compare: 幾() jī ‘subtle signs/omens; crisis/danger/peril’, in which 𢆶() yōu ‘fine threads’ (bowstring), and 戍() shù ‘garrison/defend’.
Note: Formerly 機() jī ‘trigger mechanism of a crossbow’, generalized to ‘looms (weaving); mechanisms/machines/devices; aircraft (flying machines); ingenuity; etc.’.
HDZ: 机 : jī : (木名) 榿: 桤木; (简体) 機; 几: 小桌子, 用以搁置物件或依靠; (姓) • wèi : 砧板, 椹
►components: 木幾
►Cantonese: gei\
►references: Karlgren:GSR547c; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1298.4; Mathews:411; Guǎngyùn:065.22; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:554.08
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</cdl>
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<!-- variant based on [U+E7A6](V=0) -->
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