4 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N5

tree, wood

Kun'yomi
  • tree ②wood ③wooden clappers (signaling the beginning or end of a performance)
  • こ-
On'yomi
  • ボク
  • Thursday ②wood (first of the five elements)
Nanori
  • もと

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

83.6%
モク 6.1%
こ- 5.9%
ボク 4.4%

Character Breakdown

tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)

Contained In

椿 榿 槿 橿 𭩠

Common Words

tree ②wood ③wooden clappers (signaling the beginning or end of a performance)
wooden printing block
decayed tree ②obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
fruit of a tree
wooden horse ②vaulting horse ③the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
dogwood (Cornus controversa)
(many) trees
sunlight filtering through trees
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References

Unicode hex code 6728
JIS X 0208 1-44-58
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2170
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2531
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3450
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Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14415
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Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 22
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 22
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 15
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Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 17
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 36
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 255
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 20
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 1.A
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1045
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 199
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a0.1
Four corner code 4090.0
De Roo Code 1864