木

Meanings: tree, wood On Readings: ボク boku, モク moku Kun Readings: き ki Most Used Pronunciation: ki JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 木 Stroke Number: 4

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Common jukugo
木登り - き　のぼり ki nobori - tree climbing
松の木 - まつ　の　き matsu no ki - Pine tree
木曜日 - もく　よう　び moku you bi - Thursday
材木 - ざい　もく zai moku - logs, timber, lumber
木魚 - もく　ぎょ moku gyo - wooden temple drum

Useful Examples
Japanese: その木はハナミズキです。
Romaji: sono ki wa hanamizuki desu.
English: That tree is a Dogwood.

Japanese: 風船が木に引っかかっている。
Romaji: fuusen ga ki ni hikkakatte iru.
English: The balloon was caught in the tree.

Japanese: ほら！あの木に小鳥がいる。
Romaji: hora ! ano ki ni kotori ga iru.
English: Look! There's a little bird in that tree.

Look alike kanji
本 only a small horizontal bar makes the difference

Notes/Mnemonic
This is a tree with 2 low hanging branches

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.