器
Meanings
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- 1.device
- 2.tool
- 3.utensil
- 4.CL:台[tái]
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Wiktionary
- 1.device; tool; utensil; ware
- 2.organ
- 3.capacity; tolerance
- 4.talent; ability
- 5.to think highly of
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Etymology
Uncertain. The classical interpretation is an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): a 犬 (“dog”) guarding four 口 (“vessels”). It might also be a phonetically borrowed character, originally meaning “to bark” (Compare 狺). Another theory states the character is derived from 喪 (“mourning”). (Compare 噩, 哭 , 咢). Borrowed not for sound but as an ideogram (指事) referring to a funerary urn.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我喜歡器樂。
I like instrumental music.
遠離電器設備。
Keep away from the electrical equipment.
你演奏樂器嗎？
Do you play a musical instrument?
这是一个除颤器。
This is a defibrillator.
我在玩電視遊樂器。
I'm playing a TV game.
這個機器人失控了。
The robot went out of control.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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