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.
Hand-written summary. Formation type (automated guess): Pictographic or simple.
Components
This character is treated as a single, undivided shape (木).
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 4
- Kangxi radical
- 75
- Grade
- Grade 1 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #317 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 4
- Unicode
- U+06728