朴 – crude, simple, plain

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The kanji 朴 means crude, simple, plain, docile. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボク (boku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほう、ほお、えのき (hou, hoo, enoki). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボク	boku
Kun’yomi	ほう	hou
Kun’yomi	ほお	hoo
Kun’yomi	えのき	enoki

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). Components: 卜・木.

Words using 朴

素朴そぼくsimple

Example sentences

素朴な疑問なんだけど、・・・トラとライオンはどっちが強いの？

This may be a silly question, but which is stronger - a tiger or a lion?

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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