Meanings

Crude, Simple, Plain, Docile

Radicals

木

Decomposition

⿰木卜

Etymology

Pictophonetic: tree

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 diagonal right-to-left

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical right-to-left

6 dot right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ボク boku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ほう hou

ほお hoo

えのき enoki

Words Using This Kanji

15 words total

Other (15 words)

simple (and honest)

simple

honest and homely

simplicity

quiet unsociable person

朴の木ほおのき

magnolia (Magnolia obovata)

simple and honest

plain and simple

naive realism

Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)

厚朴こうぼく

Japanese bigleaf magnolia bark (used in Chinese medicine)

朴伴ぼくはん

Camellia japonica 'Bokuhan' (cultivar of common camellia)

朴歯ほおば

geta supports made out of magnolia wood

素朴派そぼくは

naïve art

浜朴ハマボウ

hardy yellow hibiscus (Hibiscus hamabo)

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