The kanji 木: meaning, readings and stroke order
木
- Meaning
- tree, wood
- On reading
- ボク boku、モク moku
- Kun reading
- き ki、こ* ko
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cây, gỗ (mộc)
- Japanese
- き。
- Korean
- 나무 (목)
- Chinese
- 树、木头
Readings, words and example sentences
ボク boku · on reading
大木
huge tree
森に 大木が 立って います。
There is a huge tree in the forest.
モク moku · on reading
木曜日
Thursday
木曜日は 休みです。
Thursday is a day off.
き ki · kun reading
木
tree, wood
にわに 大きな 木が あります。
There is a big tree in the yard.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.