木 — tree, wood

き木 tree

Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 4 strokes nature

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

Meanings

tree
wood

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 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) 材(ざい) mokuzai lumber 木(もく) 造(ぞう) mokuzou wooden construction 木(もく) 製(せい) mokusei wooden 樹(じゅ) 木(もく) jumoku tree

ほく・ぼく hoku 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

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Used as component in (102)

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 くる来 come らく楽 comfort

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#75 木 tree

木 — tree, wood

Meanings

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).

ほく・ぼく hoku 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).

Stroke order

Components

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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.

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木 — tree, wood

Meanings

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).

ほく ・ぼく hoku 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).

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (102)

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.

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General

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).

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