木 — tree, wood

き木 tree

U+6728 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. JLPT 5 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level. N5 is beginner, N1 is the most advanced. This kanji appears at the 5 level. Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 4 strokes 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 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 鈴(すず) 木(き) suzuki Suzuki (surname) 木(き) 村(むら) kimura Kimura (surname) 佐(さ) 々木(き) sasaki Sasaki 青(あお) 木(き) aoki evergreen tree 六(ろっ) 本(ぽん) 木(ぎ) roppongi Roppongi (district in Tokyo) 草(くさ) 木(き) kusaki plants

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

ぼく boku 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

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) 曜(よう) 日(び) mokuyoubi Thursday 木(もく) 曜(よう) mokuyou Thursday 木(もく) 目(め) mokume wood grain

Stroke order

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