械 xiè weapons
weapons; tools; instruments
How to remember 械: 木 tree + 戒 to warn = weapons. Behind every tree a paintball player hides, and the referee has to warn the kids to lower their weapons.
Component breakdown
械 = 木 tree + 戒 to warn
- 木 tree
- 戒 to warn
Behind every tree a paintball player hides, and the referee has to warn the kids to lower their weapons.
How it is used
- Machinery/apparatus - bound in 机械 (jīxiè) machinery/mechanical and 器械 (qìxiè) instruments/apparatus.
- 机械 also means 'mechanical/rigid' figuratively: 机械地重复 (jīxiè de chóngfù) to repeat mechanically.
- 器械 covers tools/equipment: 医疗器械 medical instruments, 体育器械 gym equipment.
- Historically also 'weapons' (械斗 xièdòu, an armed brawl between groups).