Kanji 木 — "Tree"
Here is what 木 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Tree" stick.
Also means: Wood
How it is read
ぼく, もく
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
き, こ-
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Another match — Tree the kanji and Tree the component are identical!
- 木 Tree
The shape of a Tree with branches at the top and a trunk in the middle.
Words that use 木
11 of 11 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 木 き tree, wood
- 並木 なみき roadside tree, row of trees
- 大木 たいぼく large tree
- 木曜日 もくようび Thursday
- 材木 ざいもく lumber, timber
- 植木 うえき garden shrubs, trees, potted plant
- 木綿 もめん cotton
- 土木 どぼく public works
- 木材 もくざい lumber, timber, wood
- 樹木 じゅもく trees and shrubs, arbor
- 雑木 ぞうき various kinds of small trees, assorted trees
Want 木 to still be there next month?
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