器

See also 噐

Translingual

shinjitai	器
simplified	器
traditional	器

Stroke order

Han character

器 (radical 30 口+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口口戈大口 (RRIKR), four-corner 6666₃, composition ⿳吅犬吅)

1. receptacle, vessel
2. instrument

References

• KangXi: page 210, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4349
• Dae Jaweon: page 432, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 690, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5668

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Cantonese

Hanzi

器 (Yale hei3)

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Japanese

Ryakuji for 器.

Kanji

器 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: うつわ (utsuwa)

Usage notes

Often used interchangeably with 機 (き, ki) – with same reading き, ki – in compounds to indicate “machine”, with the subtlety that 器 implies a smaller device, say hand-held, while 機 implies a larger machine, such as an airplane. Compare 食器 (しょっき, shokki, “tableware”) with 飛行機 (ひこうき, hikōki, “airplane”)

Noun

器 (hiragana うつわ, romaji utsuwa)

1. container, vessel
2. talent, caliber

Suffix

器 (hiragana き, romaji -ki)

1. device, instrument
2. container

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Korean

Hanja

器 (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
器

Hanzi

器 (pinyin qì (qi4), Wade-Giles ch'i⁴)

Noun

器 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin qì)

1. device; tool; utensil; ware

   器具 (qìjù)

2. (medicine) organ

   器官 (qìguān)

3. capacity; tolerance

   器量 (qìliàng)

4. talent; ability

   大器晚成 (dàqìwǎnchéng)

Verb

器 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin qì)

1. (literary) to think highly of

   器重 (qìzhòng)

Compounds

Derived terms

(headwords) 器材 (qìcái) 器官 (qìguān) 器件 (qìjiàn) 器具 (qìjù) 器量 (qìliàng) 器皿 (qìmǐn) 器物 (qìwǔ) 器械 (qìxiè) 器械體操, 器械体操 (qìxiè tǐcāo) 器宇 (qìyǔ) 器樂, 器乐 (qìyuè) 器質, 器质 (qìzhì) 器重 (qìzhòng)

(tailwords) 瓷器 (cíqì) 磁器 (cíqì) 傳聲器, 传声器 (chuánshēngqì) 電器, 电器 (diànqì) 機器, 机器 (jīqì) 擴音器, 扩音器 (kuòyīnqì) 木器 (mùqì) 容器 (róngqì) 鐵器, 铁器 (tiěqì) 微音器 (wēiyīnqì) 武器 (wǔqì) 儀器, 仪器 (yíqì)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

器 (kyì)

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Vietnamese

Han character

器 (khí)