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机 — Desk

JLPT N26 strokesGrade 6#1671 most used
desk, table
On’yomi (ki)
Kun’yomiつくえ (tsukue)

Stroke order (6 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 机

WordReadingMeaning
つくえ
tsukue
desk
机上きじょう
kijou
on the desk; theoretical; academic

Study notes

机 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1671 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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