机 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
机制
jīzhì
mechanism
Characters in this word
制 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 机制很简单。 Jīzhì hěn jiǎndān. The mechanism is very simple.
- 公司有新机制。 Gōngsī yǒu xīn jīzhì. The company has a new system.
- 这个机制有效。 Zhège jīzhì yǒuxiào. This mechanism works well.