# 械 — contraption; mechanism

械 means “contraption; mechanism”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. On'yomi: カイ (kai). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: contraption; mechanism
- On'yomi: カイ (kai)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Things 1

## How to remember 械

Sounds like 戒: both read カイ.

Parts: 木 tree · 戒 admonish

## Don't confuse it with

[栽](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/plant-out/) · [桟](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/jetty/)

## More in the “Things 1” set

[券](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/ticket/) · [印](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/mark/) · [札](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/banknote/) · [袋](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/bag/) · [宝](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/treasure/) · [封](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/seal-an-envelope/) · [械](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/contraption/) · [棒](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/stick/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/contraption/. Last updated 2026-11-01.