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木 means 'tree'

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Strokes : 4    Radical number: 75    Frequency: 162   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-1    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 3    Beginner lesson: 2   Begins 259 words   Used in 691 words   Used in 9506 names   Component in 1342 kanji (176 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   モク   ボク
Kun
   き   こ- tree
Additional readings
Name    ぐ   も   もと
Variants
⽊   ホ  
Notes
ホ is katakana ho
Find out why there are trees growing in unexpected places, such as the following kanji: 末 (end), 朱 (scarlet), and 枕 (pillow).
Components
⿻  大 big  丨 stick  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 木 is used 26 times, read 4 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 木 is used 581 times, read 4 ways (with 3 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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モク : 106 words FIND ALL
も く よ う び 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
Thursday
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ボク : 84 words FIND ALL
ど ぼ く 1
noun
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
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モク (read as もっ) : 17 words FIND ALL
も っ き ん 0
noun
xylophone
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き : 237 words FIND ALL
き 1
noun
1. tree; shrub; bush
2. wood; timber
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き (read as ぎ) : 91 words FIND ALL
む な ぎ 0
noun
ridgepole; ridge beam
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こ- (read as こ) : 36 words FIND ALL
こ だ ち 1
noun
grove of trees
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も: 9 words. FIND ALL
noun
cotton goods or clothing
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
も め ん 1 も め ん 0
noun
1. cotton (material)
2. red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)  (see also: パンヤの木; often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading きわた)
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An additional ホ is katakana ho less common words include 木 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 17 (originally: 69)  Joy o' Kanji : 69  Key to Kanji: 1010 

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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
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