木 (tree, wood) - Kanji Codex

木

tree, wood

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ボクモク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

きこ-

Nanori (名乗り)

ぐももと

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:4

JLPT:5

Frequency:317

Vocabulary

ボク

Word	Reading	Meaning
雑木林	ザツボクリン	grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
大木	タイボク	large tree
土木	ドボク	engineering works; civil engineering; public works
枯木	コボク	dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
一木	イチボク	one tree

モク

Word	Reading	Meaning
材木	ザイモク	wood (for building); lumber; timber
樹木	ジュモク	tree; trees and shrubs
木材	モクザイ	lumber; timber; wood
木星	モクセイ	Jupiter (planet)
木製	モクセイ	wooden; made of wood

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
荒木	あらき	logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
黒木	くろき	unbarked lumber
雑木林	ぞうきばやし	grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
定木	じょうぎ	(measuring) ruler
庭木	にわき	garden tree

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Grade 8JLPT N/A

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