計算機 (jìsuànjī) — calculator; computer (literally: calculating machine)

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞

計算機 word · TOCFL 3 (est.)

計算機＝計＋算＋機

ㄐㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧ · jìsuànjī

noun — calculator; computer (literally: calculating machine)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

計to count; to plan (設計)jì言 (speech) + 十 (ten) — counting out in words

算to calculate (計算)suàn竹 (bamboo) + 目 (eye) + 廾 (both hands) — counting on bamboo rods

機machine; mechanism (機器)jī

計算機，設計的計，計算的算，機器的機。