Meaning & readings
tree, wood
On’yomi ボク、モク
Kun’yomi き、こ-
Nanori ぐ、も、もと
Origin
木 is a pictograph of a tree. The vertical stroke is the trunk, the upper diagonal strokes are branches reaching up, and the lower diagonal strokes are roots spreading into the ground. It is one of the oldest character shapes and is used as a component in many characters connected with wood and plants.
Components
This character is treated as a single, undivided shape (木).
Common words
Easily confused with
These look alike but are unrelated in meaning — check the stroke that differs.
Reference
- Strokes
- 4
- Kangxi radical
- 75
- Formation type
- Pictographic or simple
- Grade
- Grade 1 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #317 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 4
- Unicode
- U+06728