entries → 機械
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
機械 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
機械 =
ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˋ · jīxiè
noun — machinery; machine; adjective — mechanical; rigid; inflexible

字源 FORM — what the parts do

machine; mechanism (機器的機)
implement; weapon; tool (器械的械)xiè木 wood + 戒 jiè gives the sound (jiè→xiè with drift)
機械,機器的機,器械的械。
關 · Related
jīqìmachine — 器 is more colloquial; is formal/technicalqìxièequipment; apparatus — the same , now paired with 器