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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
機關 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
機關 ＝ 機 ＋ 關
ㄐㄧ ㄍㄨㄢ · jīguān
noun — government body; organization; mechanism; trigger device

字源 FORM — what the parts do

機machine; trigger; mechanism (機器的機)jī
關gate; to close; barrier (關係的關)guān
機關，機器的機，關係的關。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

扣下機（機），門（關）才能開——機關。
Trip the trigger (機) and the gate (關) opens — that is a mechanism, a 機關.
記憶法
關 · Related
組織zǔzhīorganization — near synonym in the institutional sense部門bùméndepartment — a narrower unit within a 機關