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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

317 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: tree, wood

Kunyomi: き, こ-

Onyomi: ボク, モク

木

Radical

Radical: 木

Reading: き

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

大木(たいぼく)   large tree

木曜日(もくようび)   Thursday

木材(もくざい)   lumber

木造(もくぞう)   wooden

木村(きむら)   Kimura (surname)

青木(あおき)   Aoki (surname)

植木(うえき)   garden shrubs

木の葉(このは)   foliage, leaf

Onyomi Examples

木刀 (ボクトウ) wooden sword

木偶 (デク) wooden doll, wooden figure, puppet, blockhead, good-for-nothing, fool

土木 (ドボク) engineering works, civil engineering, public works

名木 (メイボク) old tree of historical interest, excellent wood, precious woods, choice wood

木 (モク) Thursday, wood (first of the five elements)

木材 (モクザイ) lumber, timber, wood

水木 (スイモク) Wednesday and Thursday

火水木 (カスイモク) Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Kunyomi Examples

木 (き) tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

木々 (きぎ) (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees

本木 (もとき) original stock

青木 (あおき) Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), spotted laurel, lush, green tree

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