机
desk, table
Readings
On'yomi
- キ
Kun'yomi
- つくえ
Meaning
机 centers on a flat raised surface for working or placing things: a desk or table.
Most common words using 机
20 of 30- 机つくえN5
desk
- 机上きじょう
on the desk
- 小机こづくえ
small desk
- 両袖机りょうそでづくえ
kneehole desk
- 事務机じむづくえ
clerical desk; office desk
- 仕事机しごとづくえ
office desk; work desk
- 八足の机やつあしのつくえ
eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.)
- 勉強机べんきょうづくえ
study desk
- 和机わづくえ
Japanese-style desk (short, used while sitting on the floor)
- 唐机とうづくえ
desk made in China; Chinese style desk
- 学習机がくしゅうづくえ
child desk
- 折りたたみ机おりたたみつくえ
folding desk
- 文机ふづくえ
Japanese-style writing desk
- 明窓浄机めいそうじょうき
dustless desk by a well-lit window; well-lit and clean study conducive to learning
- 書き物机かきものづくえ
writing desk
- 机に向かうつくえにむかう
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
- 机の足つくえのあし
legs of a table
- 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
- 机上の空論きじょうのくうろん
armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea
- 机上チェックきじょうチェック
desk checking
Study
Etymology
机 combines 木 (wood) with 几, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a small table or stand. The character originally referred to a wooden table or desk.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is wood 木, and the right side 几 looks like a small table frame. Picture a wooden desk made from a tree and a simple stand.
Reading mnemonic
For キ, imagine a key lying on the wooden desk: key -> キ, and the desk holds the key.