木
tree, wood
Readings
On'yomi
- ボク
- モク
Kun'yomi
- き
- こ-
Nanori
- ぐ
- も
- もと
Meaning
木 centers on the living plant and its material: a tree and the wood that comes from it.
Most common words using 木
24 of 774- 木きN5
tree; shrub; bush
- 青木あおき
Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica); spotted laurel
- 木曜日もくようびN5
Thursday
- 木曜もくようN3
Thursday
- 木材もくざいN2
lumber; timber; wood
- 柏木かしわぎ
oak tree
- 木造もくぞうN1
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
- 荒木あらき
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
- 土木どぼくN1
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
- 木製もくせい
wooden; made of wood
- 樹木じゅもくN1
tree; trees and shrubs
- 黒木くろき
unbarked lumber
- 並木なみきN2
roadside trees; row of trees
- 木星もくせいN1
Jupiter (planet)
- 本木もとき
original stock
- 木々きぎ
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
- 木戸きど
wicket gate; wooden door
- 大木たいぼくN2
large tree
- 植木うえきN2
garden plant; garden tree
- 木の実きのみ
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
- 木場きば
lumberyard
- 木綿もめんN4
cotton (material)
- 木工もっこう
woodworking; woodwork; woodworker
- 草木くさきN1
plants; vegetation
Study
Etymology
木 is a pictograph of a tree, with the central vertical line representing the trunk and the branching strokes representing limbs and roots.
Meaning mnemonic
The vertical stroke is the trunk, the long horizontal stroke is the main branches, and the sweeping lower strokes are the roots. Together they form a tree, and from trees we get wood.
Reading mnemonic
For ボク, imagine a tree trunk shaped like a book: book -> ボク, and the tree's wood becomes pages.