器械

きかい · kikai · JLPT N3 · noun

instrument

🩺🔧 器械 = vessel/tool + contraption: the tools themselves, not the machine

器 means a vessel or tool and 械 means a device or contraption. It sounds exactly like 機械 (kikai, machine), so tell them apart by kanji: 器械 is for hand-held instruments and apparatus, as in medical 医療器械 or gymnastics 器械体操.

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