木 — tree, wood

き木 tree

き

U+6728 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #317 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #195 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #75

Post

Remember 木

Create a free account, then return here to add this item to your deck for spaced repetition.

Grade 1 study is free. Other grades require Pro.

Create an account See plans

Meanings

tree
wood

Readings

On'yomi: もく moku ぼく boku
Kun'yomi: き ki こ ko

word

き・ぎ ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

木(き) ki tree 木(き) 村(むら) kimura Kimura (surname) 青(あお) 木(き) aoki evergreen tree 六(ろっ) 本(ぽん) 木(ぎ) roppongi Roppongi (district in Tokyo) 水(みず) 木(き) mizuki Mizuki 三(み) 木(き) miki Miki (surname/place name) 木(き) 々 kigi trees 八(や) 木(ぎ) yagi Yagi (surname)

もく moku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

木(もく) 目(め) mokume wood grain 草(そう) 木(もく) soumoku plants 木(もく) 曜(よう) 日(び) mokuyoubi Thursday 木(もく) 星(せい) mokusei Jupiter (planet) 木(もく) 曜(よう) mokuyou Thursday 木(もく) 炭(たん) mokutan charcoal 木(もく) 材(ざい) mokuzai lumber 材(ざい) 木(もく) zaimoku wood (for building)

ぼく boku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

土(ど) 木(ぼく) doboku civil engineering 大(たい) 木(ぼく) taiboku large tree

こ ko Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

木(こ) 立(だち) kodachi grove 木(こ) の葉(は) konoha leaf (of a tree) 木(こ) 枯(が) らし kogarashi cold wintry wind

もっ mo

木(もっ) 工(こう) mokkou woodworking

Words by frequency and grade

44 words

Each dot is a word containing 木: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 22 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

猿も木から落ちる諺

Even monkeys fall from trees

ウドの大木慣用句

a great towering tree of udo plant

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.

Used as component in (101)

ほん本 book むら村 village こう校 school もり森 forest やすみ休 rest はやし林 grove ひがし東 east しん新 new らく楽 comfort おや親 parent

Open in Atlas

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#75 木 tree

Remember 木

Meanings

Readings

word

き・ぎ ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

もく moku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ぼく boku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こ ko Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

もっ mo

Words by frequency and grade

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (101)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback

App language

木 — tree, wood

Remember 木

Meanings

Readings

word

き ・ぎ ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

もく moku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ぼく boku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こ ko Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

もっ mo

Words by frequency and grade

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (101)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

き・ぎ ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).