Today’s #kanji is 機, which is listed its semantic element of #きへん(木). Its phonetic element is 幾. 幾 also has a meaning of “being fine.” 機 originally refereed to a small stick which moved the warp on a weaver.

Meaning: a weaver, machine, chance, etc.
Reading: キ、はた
機会(キカイ): an opportunity, a chance, occasion
機械(キカイ): a machine, machinery, a mechanism
機関(キカン): an engine, a machine; a system, an organization, an institution
機器(キキ): machinery and tools, equipment, an apparatus, a device
機嫌(キゲン): a mood, a humor, spirits, temper
機能(キノウ): (a) faculty, (a) function; a feature
機密(キミツ): a top secret, very secret information
危機(キキ): a crisis, a critical moment, a danger point
動機(ドウキ): a motive, an inducement, an incentive
機(はた)織(お)り: weaving
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- き
- きへん
横
構
権
格
機
杯
相
村
楽