Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 2
木 tree, wood
- Meaning
- tree, wood
- On reading
- モク・ボク
- Kun reading
- き
Memory hook
A tree: trunk up the middle, branches out, roots down. モク or ボク in compounds, き on its own.
Words that use 木
木曜日
もくようび
Thursday
木
き
tree
How to write 木
Stroke order · 4 strokes
1
2
3
4
- 1. The horizontal across the middle.
- 2. The vertical through the centre.
- 3. The sweep down to the left.
- 4. The diagonal down to the right.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
木 is taught on day 6 of the kanji course, alongside 金 土, with two writing passes and a short quiz.