noun
A piece of furniture with a flat surface for writing, reading, or working. Common in schools, offices, and homes.
机の上に本が置いてある。
There is a book on the desk.
新しい机を買った。
I bought a new desk.
Standard kanji spelling for 'desk'.
Outdated kanji usage; not used in modern Japanese.
The kanji 机 is a simplified form of 機, originally meaning 'mechanism' or 'loom', but now used exclusively for 'desk'. The reading つくえ is native Japanese, with the obsolete reading つき being a historical variant.