Talk:木

Mandarin readings
Can it be added in which contexts the two different Mandarin readings are used? 24.29.228.33 20:46, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Can it be added in which contexts the two different Mandarin readings are used? 71.66.97.228 00:49, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Fixed -- it only has one Mandarin reading. 173.89.236.187 17:13, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

树 and 木
What is the difference between the usages of 树 and 木 to mean "tree"? 71.66.97.228 00:49, 14 October 2011 (UTC)


 * 木 is obsolete in modern times. Wyang (talk) 12:36, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Japanese compounds
I can't seem to find any information about the 木高し (kodakashi) example - this word doesn't appear to be in my own dictionary, it isn't listed on ja.wiktionary.org, and |en|%E6%9C%A8%E9%AB%98%E3%81%97 Google translate doesn't seem to recognise it. Can anyone provide any further information on this? GoBusto 20:23, 13 December 2011 (UTC)


 * This is classical Japanese, which is why many (most?) dictionaries don't include it. See Weblio's entry, or Kotobank's.  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 16:16, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

⟨ke2⟩
, here's the passage from the  (, entry 8: twelveth year of the ninth month; from himiko-y.com, translation from here):

It refers to Mi1ke2, a placename. Probably a Central or Western "dialect" or some sort? ～ POKéTalker（═◉═） 05:22, 16 May 2019 (UTC)


 * That reading of 木 as け is lemmatized in the 精選版 日本国語大辞典 . According to this dictionary, ⟨ke2⟩ is thought to be a dialectal form of other than Central dialect. It had also existed in the Eastern.--荒巻モロゾフ (talk) 06:34, 16 May 2019 (UTC)


 * This Mike river appears to be the modern 山国川.
 * Separately, I see the け reading in MYS 4375 as in our entry, and the headline for that chunk of poems (4321 through 4432) states:

天平勝寳七歳乙未二月相替遣筑紫諸國防人等歌
 * referred to a region in the north of Kyushu, roughly corresponding to the base of the "thumb" shape. More at the JA WP article at 筑紫国.
 * The KDJ entry here at Kotobank also lists MYS poem 4342, part of that same section, with this commentary about the reading:

「万葉集」の例はともに東国防人の歌であるから、古く「木」を「け」ともいっていたのが、中央では使われなくなり、方言として残ったものかと考えられる.
 * HTH, ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 16:44, 16 May 2019 (UTC)