机关

Traditional form:

機關

Pinyin (reading):

jīguān

Definitions:

• mechanism; gear
• machine-operated
• office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body
• stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
• CL:個／个 (gè)

Characters:

• 机 - desk; machine; moment, opportunity
• 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation

Traditional characters:

• 機 - desk; machine; moment, opportunity
• 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation