machine / opportunity
N3- Onyomi
- キ
- Kunyomi
- はた
- Stroke count
- 16
- JLPT
- N3
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 機 down and you get 木 (tree / wood) — a tree with branches reaching up and roots spreading down, and beside it 幾 (subtle / how many) — two loose threads tangled together near the loom's frame. Picture a tree heavy with ripe fruit among its leaves, put 機 inside it, and let that scene stand for "machine" — machine / opportunity. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 16
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は16画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 16 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
機械
kikai
machine
機能
kinou
function
機会
kikai
opportunity
機構
kikou
mechanism
契機
keiki
opportunity
機構が必要です
kikougahitsuyoudesu
mechanism is necessary
Example sentences (5)
この機械の使い方を教えてください。
この きかい の つかいかた を おしえて ください。
kono kikai no tsukaikata o oshiete kudasai.
Please teach me how to use this machine.
機械が止まってしまったので、担当者を呼びました。
きかい が とまって しまった ので、たんとうしゃ を よびました。
kikai ga tomatte shimatta node, tantousha o yobimashita.
The machine stopped, so I called the person in charge.
このアプリには便利な機能が多いです。
この あぷり に は べんりな きのう が おおい です。
kono apuri ni wa benrina kinou ga ooi desu.
This app has many useful functions.
この機能は来月のアップデートで使えるようになるそうです。
この きのう は らいげつ の あっぷでーと で つかえる よう に なる そう です。
kono kinou wa raigetsu no appudeeto de tsukaeru you ni naru sou desu.
I hear this feature will become usable in next month's update.
日本語を話す機会を増やしたいです。
にほんご を はなす きかい を ふやしたい です。
nihongo o hanasu kikai o fuyashitai desu.
I want more opportunities to speak Japanese.