読よみ取とり機き

Meanings

1

reader; reading device

Computing term for a device that reads data, such as a card reader, barcode scanner, or optical reader.

この読よみ取とり機きはバーコードを高こう速そくで読よみ取とります。
This reader scans barcodes at high speed.
ICカードの読よみ取とり機きが入いり口ぐちに設せっ置ちされている。
An IC card reader is installed at the entrance.

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Kanji

読read
取take, fetch, take up
機loom, mechanism, machine
器utensil, vessel, receptacle

Related words

スキャナー
スキャナー is a more general term for a scanner, often used for image or document scanning, while 読み取り機 specifically emphasizes reading data from cards, codes, or media.
リーダー
リーダー is a common loanword for a reader device, often used in compounds like カードリーダー. 読み取り機 is the native Japanese equivalent, slightly more formal or technical.

Built from

読よみ取とる+機き

Written forms

読よみ取とり機き
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana; the most common form.
読よみ取とり機き
Abbreviated kanji spelling without okurigana; often seen in technical contexts.
読よみ取とり器き
Variant using 器 instead of 機; both are used for devices.
読よみ取とり機き
Mixed okurigana variant; less common but still encountered.
読よみ取とり器き
Rare abbreviated form with 器.
読よみ取とり器き
Rare mixed okurigana form with 器.

Etymology

Compound of 読み取り (yomitori, 'reading', the continuative form of 読み取る) + 機 (ki, 'machine, device'). A straightforward modern technical term.