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木

Tree
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingモク、ボク
Kun readingき、こ
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 1Level 2

Meanings

  1. treeRtK
  2. wood
    彼は木から仏像を彫った。He carved a Buddhist image out of wood.tatoeba
  1. shrub
  2. bush
  3. timber

Synonyms

ツリー樹木

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (き)
気 · spirit機 · chance

Popular Usage

木曜日木綿植木材木大木

Radicals and components

Radical木tree

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 207

Compound words

木曜日もくようび
Thursday
木綿もめん
cotton (material)
材木ざいもく
wood (for building); lumber; timber
大木たいぼく
large tree
植木うえき
garden plant; garden tree; potted plant
杉並木すぎなみき
avenue of cedars (cryptomeria)
木村きむら
Japanese name
鈴木すずき
Suzuki (common surname)
樺の木科カバノキか
Betulaceae (birch family)
荒木あらき
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
黒木くろき
unbarked lumber
樹木じゅもく
tree; trees and shrubs
庭木にわき
garden tree
土木どぼく
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
柏木かしわぎ
oak tree; imperial palace guard
苗木なえぎ
seedling; sapling; young tree
本木もとき
original stock
木陰こかげ
shade of a tree; bower
木戸きど
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
木材もくざい
lumber; timber; wood
木場きば
lumberyard
木星もくせい
Jupiter (planet)
木製もくせい
wooden; made of wood
木造もくぞう
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

On Reading Examples

どちらかといえば木造住宅に住みたい。もくぞう
I'd rather live in a wooden house.tatoeba
木片は１本の留め木で留めてある。もくへん
The wooden pieces are fastened with a peg.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は縄で木に縛り付けられた。き
He was tied to the tree with a rope.tatoeba
彼は倒れた木の下敷きになってうごけなかった。き
He was pinned down by a fallen tree.tatoeba
彼は庭の木を切り倒した。き
He cut down a tree in his garden.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は縄で木に縛り付けられた。
He was tied to the tree with a rope.tatoeba
彼は倒れた木の下敷きになってうごけなかった。
He was pinned down by a fallen tree.tatoeba
彼は庭木を一本切り倒した。
He cut down a tree in his garden.tatoeba
休館日 毎週木曜日
Closed days: Every Thursdaywiki
光明写経 毎月第4木曜日 9時半～15時半(１巻 3千円)
Komyo sutra copying Fourth Thursday of each month from 9:30 to 15:30 (3,000 yen/volume)wiki
木綿や博多織などで仕立てる。
It is made of cotton or Hakataori textile.wiki
黒または紺色の木綿で出来た服。
Clothes made of black or dark-blue cotton.wiki

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Tree. A trunk, branches and roots.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 木

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