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: こ-

Onyomi: ボク モク

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(たいぼく)   large tree

曜日(もくようび)   Thursday

材(もくざい)   lumber

造(もくぞう)   wooden

村(きむら)   Kimura (surname)

(あおき)   Aoki (surname)

(うえき)   garden shrubs

の葉(このは)   foliage, leaf

Onyomi Examples

ボクトウ wooden sword

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

ドボク engineering works, civil engineering, public works

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

モク Thursday, wood (first of the five elements)

モクザイ lumber, timber, wood

スイモク Wednesday and Thursday

火水 カスイモク Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Kunyomi Examples

tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber

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

もとき original stock

あおき Japanese laurel, spotted laurel, Aucuba japonica, live tree