# 機 — Machine

Frequency rank 133 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 安 (Relax), less common than 男 (Man).

- On’yomi: き
- Kun’yomi: はた
- Radical: 木 Tree (Kangxi 75)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 4
- Strokes: 16

The drunkard cranks a tree trunk, a heap of poop and a torso-less pair of striding legs into one bolted rig, and the Machine walks off on those legs, stamping poop into the floor and dragging him along by the sleeve.

In words:

- 機 はた — loom
- 機会 きかい — opportunity
- 機嫌 きげん — humour,temper,mood

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