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械 means 'contraption'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1519   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-19    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 53    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 0 words   Used in 86 words   Used in 39 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カイ
Additional readings
Kun    かせ contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
Components
⿰  木 tree  戒 warn  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 械 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 械 is used 85 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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カイ : 83 words FIND ALL
き か い 2
noun
1. machine; mechanism
2. instrument; appliance; apparatus  (often 器械)
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かせ : 1 word FIND ALL
あ し か せ 0 あ し か せ 3
Most common form: 足かせ
noun
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden; trap
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かせ (read as がせ) : 1 word FIND ALL
て が せ 1
Most common form: 手枷
noun
handcuffs
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An additional one less common word includes 械 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 459 (originally: 436)  Joy o' Kanji : 436  Key to Kanji: 101 

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械
カイ    contraption   
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戒
カイ   いましめる to warn, admonish   
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廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
戈
tasseled spear
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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