木

Alternative forms

 * In Hong Kong and Taiwan, when 木 is at the bottom of a character, it is written as 朩 without a hook instead of 木 itself.

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/木
 * 休, 㕲, 𡉿, 𡯐, 𫹎, 𪫟, 𢪮, 沐, 狇, 𫐠, 炑, 牀, 𭷉, 𤘬, 𬍓, 𦙣, 𠣛, 𬎳, 𤱃, 𤴷, 𪽻, 𥄢, 𪿈, 𥝰, 𠚐, 䊾, 𦐔, 蚞, 𮗼, 䝗, 𮠛, 鈢, 𩵦(𫠏)
 * 禾, 米, 𠫡, 呆, 㚓, 宋, 𡭢, 𡵬, 床, 㦿, 𬇏, 𠕖, 采, 𦊋, 罙, 䂞, 穼, 䍒, 𬺜, 𦊧, 臬, 𠡷, 㕖, 集, 雬, 𡩎, 渠, 琹, 喿, 㮡, 髤, 䲷, 䴢, 燊, 築, 蘃, 蘖, 雧, 䯂
 * 䢶, 相, 𡉣, 𪥄, 𢌶, 𢗦, 𤆰, 𤯃, 𦕂, 𧉓, 𧴿, 螙, 凩, 閑(闲), 困, 耒, 來, 𣸑, 𠎀, 𠍇, 𤨪, 𤚦, 鬱

Glyph origin
– a tree: branches on top, roots on the bottom (more visible in earlier forms).

Etymology
No known cognate exists. It can perhaps be compared with 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬.

The common Sino-Tibetan root for “tree; wood” is, represented by.

Definitions

 * 1) tree; woody plant
 * 2) wood; timber
 * 3) wooden
 * 4)  coffin
 * 5) simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
 * 6) numb
 * 1) wood; timber
 * 2) wooden
 * 3)  coffin
 * 4) simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
 * 5) numb
 * 1)  coffin
 * 2) simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
 * 3) numb
 * 1) simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
 * 2) numb
 * 1) numb

Synonyms






Descendants
Other:

Etymology 1
→ * →

From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬. For the vowel alternation, see Wiktionary:About Proto-Japonic § Standalone forms and combining forms.

First attested in the  of 712.

Noun

 * 1) a tree or shrub
 * 2) wood, timber, lumber
 * 3)  a tree
 * 4)  a clapper used to signal the opening or closing of a match or play

Etymology 2
→ * →

From.

Likely the original form of ki above. Obsolete in modern Japanese, never found in isolation; only found in compounds and certain idioms.

Noun

 * 1)  tree; wood

Etymology 3
From. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a tree
 * 2)  Thursday
 * 3) wood grain

Etymology 4
From. Compare literary 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a tree; more specifically, a living tree
 * 2) the bent and gnarled trunk or roots of an old tree
 * 3) wood, lumber
 * 4) something made of wood
 * 5) in ancient China, a wooden musical instrument

Adjective

 * 1)  wooden, as of a person's character or behavior
 * 2)  wooden, as of a person's mental abilities: blockheaded, stupid, dimwitted

Etymology
From.

Etymology
→

From, from.

Noun

 * 1) a tree

Etymology 1
From.

This term had then came to be used as kanji for ki2.

Noun

 * 1) a tree or shrub
 * 2) wood, timber, lumber

Etymology 2
Likely the original form of above. Never found in isolation.

Etymology 3
May ultimately be from. Analysis in the  (720 ) shows that this variation of is not limited to Eastern dialects.

Noun

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