木 – tree, wood

4 strokesTaught in grade 1#317 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 木 means tree, wood. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボク、モク (boku, moku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is き、こ- (ki, ko). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボク	boku
On’yomi	モク	moku
Kun’yomi	き	ki
Kun’yomi	こ-	ko

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75).

Words using 木

木きtree木曜日もくようびThursday木綿もめんcotton (material)植木うえきgarden plant材木ざいもくwood (for building)大木たいぼくlarge tree並木なみきroadside trees木材もくざいlumber土木どぼくengineering works樹木じゅもくtree雑木ぞうきvarious kinds of small trees

Example sentences

その木には実がたわわになっていた。

The tree was heavy with fruit.

Tatoeba #206562

その週刊誌は木曜日に出る。

The weekly appears on Thursday.

Tatoeba #209437

このブラウスは木綿製です。

This blouse is cotton.

Tatoeba #223239

Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構条楽

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.