Machine board - Kiban

Japanese: 機盤 - きばん
Machine board - Kiban

…The Chinese character 'machine' originally meant a loom or a crossbow, and therefore referred to a dynamic mechanism or mechanism, so the character 'machine' is appropriate for 'machine'. For example, Mitsukuri Genpo translated it as 'machinery board', and during the Ansei era (1854-60) the words 'machinery' and 'machinery' were created. Thus, the 1874 'Engineering Department and Regulations' adopted the character 'machinery' (the 1871 'Ministry of Works' uses the character 'machinery'). …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "machine board" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…漢字の〈機〉はもと織機(はた)や弩(いしゆみ)であるから動的な仕掛けや〈からくり〉を指したので,machineには〈機〉の字がふさわしい。そういうわけで,たとえば箕作阮甫(みつくりげんぽ)は〈機盤〉と訳しているし,安政年間(1854‐60)には〈機器〉や〈機関〉という語ができている。こうして1874年の《工学寮学課並諸規則》では〈機械〉の文字を採用したのであった(1871年の《工部省職制》では〈器械〉の文字を使っている)。…

※「機盤」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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