械
Meanings
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- 1.appliance
- 2.tool
- 3.weapon
- 4.shackles
- 5.also pr. [jiè]
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Wiktionary
- 1.shackles; manacles
- 2.weapons
- 3.implements; instruments
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡrɯːɡs): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 戒 (OC *krɯːɡs). The character originally represented the meaning of "handcuffs" or "shackles," and by extension, it came to be used to mean "device" or "mechanism."
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Stroke order
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