Zi:機

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(S​) [] (機​ jīqi) machine (​機 radio; ​機 airplane); 機​ clever; 機​ chance; (HDZ:) (​) ​; …

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

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    HDZ: 機 : jī : (​) ​; ​; …​; ​; (​) ​; ​ (​, ​); (​) ​ (​); ​, ​; ​, ​; ​…; ​; ​; ​; ​, ​; ​ (​, ​); ​; ​; (​) ​…​機; ​ (…(​) ​; ​); ​ (yì): ​, ​; ​: ​
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form ​:) The simple-form character ​ (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 ​ (12 strokes) with ​ (2 strokes).
    Note: In the simple form ​ jī ‘machine’ the full-form component ​ jī (phonetic) becomes ​ jī (phonetic); cf. ​/​, ​/​.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​(​􀽳) jī ‘alder tree’ (​) combines ​ (mù) ‘tree’, with ​(​􂠁) jī (phonetic).
    Note: Today also ​/​ jī ‘table’, formerly wr. ​(​􂠁); formerly also ​ wèi ‘chopping block’.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 機(​􁀳) jī ‘trigger mechanism of a crossbow’, combines ​ (mù) ‘tree/wood’, and ​(​􀪾) jǐ (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​(​􀪾) jī ‘subtle signs/omens; crisis/danger/peril’, in which ​𢆶(​􀪼) yōu ‘fine threads’ (bowstring), and ​(​􂍕) 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: ​ : jī : (​) ​榿: ​; (​) 機; ​: ​, ​; (​) • wèi : ​, ​
   
►references: Karlgren:GSR547c; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1298.4; Mathews:411; Guǎngyùn:065.22; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:554.08; EDOC:1
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