Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1626 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: crude, simple, plain, docile

Kunyomi: ほう ほお えのき

Onyomi: ボク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ボクチョク simplicity, honesty, naivete

ボクトツ unsophisticated, ruggedly honest, artless, unaffected, simple, naive

ジュンボク rustic simplicity, homeliness, unsophisticated, naive, honest, simple

コウボク Japanese bigleaf magnolia bark (used in Chinese medicine)

Kunyomi Examples

の木 ほおのき magnolia (Magnolia obovata), Japanese big leaf magnolia

ほお Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)

の木 ほおのき magnolia (Magnolia obovata), Japanese big leaf magnolia

えのき Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica), Chinese nettle tree, enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), winter mushroom, velvet shank, enokitake, enokidake