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Kanji Detail for 木 - "tree, wood"

木

  • Meaning

    木 means "tree, wood." Also associated with simple.

    1. Tree - A woody plant; timber.

    2. Wood - Lumber; wooden material.

    3. Simple - Plain; honest; straightforward.

    4. Numb - Unable to feel; insensitive.

    5. Thursday - One of the seven days of the week.

  • Words using 木

    • 青木 あおき Listen Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica); spotted laurel; lush, green tree
    • 木造 もくぞう Listen wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
    • 土木 どぼく Listen engineering works; civil engineering; public works
    • 木材 もくざい Listen lumber; timber; wood
    • 荒木 あらき Listen logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber
    • 樹木 じゅもく Listen tree; trees and shrubs
    • 木曜 もくよう Listen Thursday
    • 木星 もくせい Listen Jupiter (planet)

  • Four-character idioms with 木

    • 一木一草 いちぼくいっそう Listen a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)
    • 山川草木 さんせんそうもく Listen nature; natural scenery
    • 悪木盗泉 あくぼくとうせん Listen a virtuous person should not commit an act that offends their moral principles no matter how hard pressed they may be
    • 枯木寒巌 こぼくかんがん Listen withered trees and frozen rocks
    • 枯木死灰 こぼくしかい Listen withered trees and cold ash
    • 盲亀浮木 もうきふぼく Listen unlikely event; rare occurrence

  • Origin of 木

    A pictograph of a tree: the trunk, the spreading branches above, the roots below.

    How to remember it: A trunk with branches reaching up and roots reaching down — the whole tree in four strokes.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 木

    • Verified meaning: tree, wood
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read き, きざき, きすき, きだか)
    • Also carries these associations: simple

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 木

    Given names 木(ばうむ)Listen 木(ぼくけい)Listen 木(もく)Listen

    Surnames 木(き)Listen 木(きざき)Listen 木(きすき)Listen 木(きだか)Listen 木(きつき)Listen 木(きつぎ)Listen 木(きもと)Listen 木(すなお)Listen 木(たがき)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tree; wood

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    tree; wood, lumber; wooden

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Mu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tree; wood, lumber; wooden

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A general term for woody plants. Those with large trunks and branches suitable for building materials are called 喬木 (trees). Those with low trunks and branches near the ground are called 灌木 (shrubs). Those between shrubs and herbaceous plants are called 半灌木 (semi-shrubs). | Objects made from wood. Such as death is called 就木, referring to the coffin. From "Zuo Zhuan." Also 三木 are punishment devices worn on the neck, hands, and feet, including the cangue and shackles. 五木 are gambling implements, the modern dice. In ancient times, five pieces were used, hence 五木. | One of the five musical tones. Refers to wooden instruments like the zhu and yu. | One of the planets. Its orbit is between Mars and Saturn. Also called the Year Star (Jupiter). | Plain, simple. From "Analerta": "Firm, resolute, simple, and slow to speak." Also 木彊 means inflexible in manner. | Lack of sensation is called 木. Such as 麻木不仁 (numb and unfeeling). Colloquially, being dull is also called 木.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    boku(ボク) ボク

    moku(モク) モク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ki(き) き

    ko(こ) こ

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    tree wood simple element lumber material musical instrument numb plain thursday arboreal bark botanical branch carpentry flora forest furniture grove growth leaf paper plant root shade timber trunk

Sentences including 木

  • He rescued a cat from a high tree.

  • Birds make their nests in trees.

  • The house stands among trees.

  • I see a house among the trees.

  • Her mother has been sick since last thursday.

  • This tree has been standing for five decades.

  • The tree was heavy with fruit.

  • The monkey came down.

  • The meeting is to be held next thursday.

  • My father cut wood with a saw.

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