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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. 木 (Kangxi radical 75,木 +0, 4 strokes,cangjie input 木 (D ),four-corner 40900 ,composition ⿻十 𠆢 )
Kangxi radical #75,⽊ . Appendix:Chinese radical/木 休 ,㕲 ,沐 ,狇 ,炑 ,牀 ,䊾 ,蚞 ,䝗 ,鈢 ,䢶 ,相 ,螙 ,凩 ,閑 (闲 ),困 ,耒 ,來 ,鬱 禾 ,米 ,呆 ,㚓 ,宋 ,床 ,㦿 ,采 ,罙 ,䂞 ,穼 ,䍒 ,臬 ,㕖 ,集 ,雬 ,渠 ,琹 ,喿 ,㮡 ,髤 ,䲷 ,䴢 ,燊 ,築 ,蘃 ,蘖 ,雧 ,䯂 Additional derived characters
𡉿 ,𡯐 ,𫹎 ,𪫟 ,𢪮 ,𫐠 ,𭷉 ,𤘬 ,𬍓 ,𦙣 ,𠣛 ,𬎳 ,𤱃 ,𤴷 ,𪽻 ,𥄢 ,𪿈 ,𥝰 ,𠚐 ,𦐔 ,𮗼 ,𮠛 ,𩵦 (𫠏 )𠫡 ,𡭢 ,𡵬 ,𬇏 ,𠕖 ,𦊋 ,𬺜 ,𦊧 ,𠡷 ,𡩎 ,𡉣 ,𪥄 ,𢌶 ,𢗦 ,𤆰 ,𤯃 ,𦕂 ,𧉓 ,𧴿 ,𣸑 ,𠎀 ,𠍇 ,𤨪 ,𤚦 Kangxi Dictionary:page 509 , character 1 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14415 Dae Jaweon: page 888, character 13 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1149, character 6 Unihan data for U+6728 Old Chinese 木 *moːɡ 沐 *moːɡ 朷 *taːw, *moːɡ 蚞 *moːɡ 霂 *moːɡ
Pictogram (象形 ) – a tree: branches on top, roots on the bottom (more visible in earlier forms).
See also本 ,未 , and末 .
No known cognate exists. It can perhaps be compared withProto-Karen *məŋᴮ ( “ trunk (of a tree); firewood ” ) (Starostin ) orProto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔmuk ( “ stump (of a tree) ” ) (Schuessler, 2007 ).
The common Sino-Tibetan root for “tree; wood” is*siŋ ~ sik , represented by薪 (OC *siŋ , “firewood”).
Mandarin (Standard ) (Pinyin ) :mù (mu4 )(Zhuyin ) :ㄇㄨˋ (Chengdu ,Sichuanese Pinyin ) :mu2 / mu4 (Xi'an ,Guanzhong Pinyin ) :mǔ (Nanjing ,Nanjing Pinyin ) :můq (Dungan ,Cyrillic andWiktionary ) :му (mu, I)Cantonese (Guangzhou –Hong Kong ,Jyutping ) :muk6 (Dongguan ,Jyutping++ ) :muk8 (Taishan ,Wiktionary ) :muuk5 (Yangjiang ,Jyutping++ ) :muk6 Gan (Wiktionary ) :muh6 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS ) :muk (Hailu ,HRS ) :mug (Meixian ,Guangdong ) :mug5 (Changting , Changting Pinyin ) :mu2 Jin (Wiktionary ) :meh4 Northern Min (KCR ) :mù Eastern Min (BUC ) :mŭk Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): bah7 / borh7 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ ) :ba̍k /bo̍k (Teochew ,Peng'im ) :bhag8 (Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) :mog4 Southern Pinghua (Nanning ,Jyutping++ ) :moek5 Wu (Wugniu ) Xiang (Changsha ,Wiktionary ) :mo6 (Loudi ,Wiktionary ) :muo4 (Hengyang ,Wiktionary ) :mu2 Mandarin Cantonese Gan Hakka Jin Northern Min Eastern Min Puxian Min (Putian ,Jiangkou ,Nanri ,Xianyou ,Youyang ,Fengting ) (Putian ,Jiangkou ,Nanri ,Xianyou ,Youyang ,Fengting ) Note :
bah7 - vernacular; borh7 - literary. Note :
ba̍k - vernacular; bo̍k - literary. Southern Pinghua Wu (Northern :Shanghai ,Jiading ,Chongming ,Suzhou ,Changzhou ,Jiaxing ,Hangzhou ,Fuyang ,Shaoxing ,Ningbo ,Zhoushan ) (Northern :Songjiang ) (Jinhua ) Xiang Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 木 Reading # 1/1 Modern Beijing (Pinyin) mù Middle Chinese ‹ muwk › Old Chinese /*C.mˁok/ English tree, wood Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 木 Reading # 1/1 No. 9327 Phonetic component 木 Rime group 屋 Rime subdivision 0 Corresponding MC rime 木 Old Chinese /*moːɡ/
木
tree ;woody plantSynonym: 樹 / 树 ( shù ) 樹木 / 树木 ― shùmù ― tree灌木 ― guànmù ― shrub木 芍藥/ 木 芍药 ― mù sháoyào ― tree peonywood ;timber (Classifier :條 / 条 c ; 塊 / 块 c ; 嚿 c ; 轆 / 辘 c ) 木 頭/ 木 头 ― mù tou ― logwooden 木 屋 ― mù wū ― wooden house這 張 桌子 是 木 的 。[MSC ,trad. ] 这 张 桌子 是 木 的 。[MSC ,simp. ] Zhè zhāng zhuōzi shìmù de. [Pinyin] This table is made ofwood . ( literary or in compounds) coffin 就木 ― jiùmù ― to die (literally, “to enter one'scoffin ”)simple ;plain ;slow ;emotionless ;wooden 木 訥/ 木 讷 ― mù nè ― plain spoken, slow and inarticulatenumb 麻木 ― mámù ― numb, insensitive她 手指 凍 木 了 。/ 她 手指 冻 木 了 。 ― Tā shǒuzhǐ dòngmù le. ― Her fingers werenumb with cold.asurname ( Mandarin , neologism , slang ) eye dialect spelling of沒 / 没 有木 有 ― yǒumù yǒu ― innit, damn rightDialectal synonyms of
樹 (“tree”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 木 ,樹 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 樹 ,樹木 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 樹 Taiwan 樹 Langfang 樹木 Chengde 樹 Chifeng 樹 Hulunbuir(Hailar) 樹 Heihe 樹 Qiqihar 樹 Harbin 樹 Jiamusi 樹 Baicheng 樹 Changchun 樹 Tonghua 樹 Shenyang 樹 Jinzhou 樹 Singapore 樹 Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 樹 Tangshan 樹 Cangzhou 樹 Baoding 樹 Shijiazhuang 樹 Lijin 樹 Jinan 樹 Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 樹 Dandong 樹 Yantai 樹 Yantai(Muping) 樹 Qingdao 樹 Zhucheng 樹 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 樹 Lingbao 樹 Jining 樹 Daming 樹 Wanrong 桲子 ,樹 Wanrong(Ronghe) 樹 Linfen 樹 ,桲子 Shangqiu 樹 Yuanyang 樹 Zhengzhou 樹 Xinyang 樹 Baihe 樹 Xi'an 樹 Dingbian 樹 Baoji 樹 Tianshui 樹 Xining 樹 Xuzhou 樹 Fuyang 樹 Sokuluk(Gansu Dungan) 樹 Masanchin(Shaanxi Dungan) 樹 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 樹 ,樹木 Lanzhou 樹 Dunhuang 樹 Hami 樹 Ürümqi 樹 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 樹子 Nanchong 樹子 ,樹 Dazhou 樹木 Hanyuan 樹子 Xichang 樹 Zigong 樹子 Chongqing 樹子 Wuhan 樹 Yichang 樹 Xiangyang 樹 Tianmen 樹 Guiyang 樹 ,樹子 Zunyi 樹子 Bijie 樹 ,樹子 Liping 樹 Zhaotong 樹 Dali 樹 Kunming 樹 Mengzi 樹 Guilin 樹 Liuzhou 樹 Jishou 樹 Changde 樹 Hanzhong 樹 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 樹 Yangzhou 樹 Lianyungang 樹 Lianshui 樹 Nantong 樹 Anqing 樹 Wuhu 樹 Hefei 樹 Hong'an 樹 Cantonese Guangzhou 樹 Hong Kong 樹 Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) 樹 Macau 樹 Guangzhou(Panyu) 樹 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 樹 Guangzhou(Conghua) 樹 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 樹 Foshan 樹 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 樹 Foshan(Shunde) 樹 Foshan(Sanshui) 樹 Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) 樹 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 樹 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 樹 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 樹 Zhuhai(Doumen) 樹 Jiangmen(Baisha) 樹 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 樹 Taishan 樹 Taishan(Guanghai) 樹 Kaiping(Chikan) 樹 Enping(Niujiang) 樹 Heshan(Yayao) 樹 Dongguan 樹 Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 樹 Yangjiang 樹 Wuzhou 樹 ,木 chopped Baise 樹 ,樹木 Qinzhou 樹 ,木 Qinzhou(Xiniujiao) 樹 Beihai 樹 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 樹 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 樹 Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) 樹 Singapore(Guangfu) 樹 ,樹木 Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) 樹 Móng Cái 樹 Mandalay(Taishan) 樹 Gan Nanchang 樹 Lichuan 樹 Pingxiang 樹 Hakka Meixian 樹 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 樹 Dongguan(Qingxi) 樹 Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 樹 Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) 樹 Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) 樹 Jiexi 樹 Luhe 樹 Yudu 樹 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 樹仔 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 樹仔 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 樹仔 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 樹 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 樹仔 ,樹 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 樹 Guilin(Xiaojiang, Lingui) 樹 Sabah(Longchuan) 樹 Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa(Hepo) 樹 Singkawang 樹 Huizhou Jixi 樹 Shexian 樹 Jin Taiyuan 樹 Yangyuan 樹 Datong 樹 Xinzhou 樹 Lüliang(Lishi) 樹兒 Changzhi 樹 Linhe 樹 Jining 樹 Hohhot 樹 Erenhot 樹 Pingshan 樹 Zhangjiakou 樹 ,樹木 Handan 樹 Anyang 樹 Linzhou 樹 Suide 樹 Northern Min Jian'ou 樹 Pucheng(Shibei) 樹 Eastern Min Fuzhou 樹 Southern Min Xiamen 樹 ,樹叢 Quanzhou 樹 ,樹叢 Yongchun 樹 Zhangzhou 樹 ,樹叢 Zhao'an 樹仔 ,樹 Taipei 樹 New Taipei(Sanxia) 樹 Kaohsiung 樹仔 Yilan 樹仔 Changhua(Lukang) 樹 Taichung 樹 Tainan 樹仔 Hsinchu 樹 Kinmen 樹 Penghu(Magong) 樹 Penang(Hokkien) 叢 ,樹 ,樹叢 Singapore(Hokkien) 樹仔 ,樹 ,樹叢 Manila(Hokkien) 樹 Zhangping(Yongfu) 樹 Chaozhou 樹 Singapore(Teochew) 樹 Haikou 樹 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) 樹 Zhongshan(Sanxiang) 樹 Northern Pinghua Lingchuan(Shuangzhou) 樹 Waxiang Guzhang(Gaofeng) 樹 Luxi(Lijiatian) 樹 Wu Shanghai 樹 Shanghai(Chongming) 樹 Suzhou 樹 Danyang 樹 Hangzhou(Fuyang) 樹 Shaoxing 樹 Ningbo 樹 Wenzhou 樹 Jinhua 樹 Xiang Changsha 樹 Loudi 樹 Shuangfeng 樹 Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 樹每
Dialectal synonyms of
木頭 (“wood; log; timber”)
[map] Dialectal synonyms of
棺材 (“coffin”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 棺 ,木 ,棺木 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 棺材 ,棺木 ,壽材 † Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 棺材 ,材 Taiwan 棺材 Harbin 棺材 ,壽材 † Singapore 棺材 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 棺材 ,壽材 † Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai(Muping) 棺材 ,壽材 † Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 棺材 ,坷漏 Wanrong 壽木 † Xi'an 枋 ,棺子 ,棺材 ,材 ,壽材 † Xining 棺材 ,棺木 ,壽材 † Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 棺材 ,壽板 † ,壽材 † Ürümqi 棺材 ,壽材 † Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 棺材 ,枋子 ,壽枋 † ,壽木 † Wuhan 棺材 ,壽木 † Guiyang 木頭 ,大木 ,材子 ,老家 † ,大老家 † ,壽木 † Guilin 棺材 Liuzhou 棺木 ,棺材 ,四塊半 ,壽枋 † ,壽板 † ,長生板 † Dagudi(Maliba) 棺材 Reshuitang(Longling) 棺材 Mae Salong(Lancang) 棺材 ,壽木 † Mae Sai(Tengchong) 棺材 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 棺材 ,四塊板 ,壽材 † Yangzhou 棺材 ,壽材 † Hefei 棺材 Cantonese Guangzhou 棺材 ,四塊半 ,四塊板 ,四方竇 ,長生板 ,壽板 Hong Kong 棺材 ,四塊半 ,長生板 ,壽板 Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) 棺材 ,壽板 Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) 棺材 Hong Kong(Ting Kok) 棺材 Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) 棺材 Macau 棺材 ,壽板 Guangzhou(Panyu) 棺材 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 棺材 Guangzhou(Conghua) 棺材 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 棺材 Foshan 棺材 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 棺材 Foshan(Shunde) 棺材 Foshan(Sanshui) 棺材 Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) 棺材 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 棺材 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 壽木 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 棺材 Zhuhai(Doumen) 棺材 Jiangmen(Baisha) 棺材 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 棺材 Taishan 棺材 Kaiping(Chikan) 木 ,棺材 Enping(Niujiang) 棺材 Heshan(Yayao) 棺材 Dongguan 棺材 ,四塊半 ,木訥 ,壽材 † ,壽方 † Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 棺材 Yangjiang 棺材 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 棺材 ,四塊半 ,壽板 Singapore(Guangfu) 棺材 Gan Nanchang 棺材 ,壽材 † Lichuan 棺材 ,壽木 † ,壽材 † Pingxiang 棺材 ,長生 ,料 ,壽樹 † Hakka Meixian 棺材 ,棺木 ,長生板 ,壽材 Xingning 長生 Dabu(Xihe) 棺材 ,壽枋 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 棺材 Huiyang 棺材 ,長生 Huidong(Daling) 長生 ,大屋 Dongguan(Qingxi) 棺材 Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 棺材 Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) 棺材 Wuhua(Shuizhai) 棺材 Wuhua(Huacheng) 棺材 Wuhua(Changbu) 棺材 Wuhua(Mianyang) 棺材 Heyuan(Bendihua) 棺材 Wengyuan 木頭 Shaoguan(Qujiang) 木頭 Liannan 壽棺材 Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) 棺材 Jiexi 長生大屋 ,長生板 Luhe 棺材 Zhao'an(Xiuzhuan) 棺木 Changting 壽木 ,木棉襖 ‡ Wuping 木頭 Wuping(Yanqian) 棺木 ,福板 Wuping(Pingyu) 長生木 Liancheng 木頭 Ninghua 壽木 ,老屋 ,壽具 ,蓄樹 Yudu 棺材 ,壽床 ,老屋 ,壽木 † Ningdu 萬年床 Ruijin 壽櫃 Shicheng 壽木 Shangyou(Shexi) 壽木 Tonggu(Sandu) 壽材 Ganzhou(Panlong) 壽木 Dayu 壽木 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 棺材 ,大壽 ‡ ,大屋 ‡ Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 棺材 ,壽 ‡ ,大屋 ‡ Pingtung(Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 棺材 ,壽記 ‡ Kaohsiung(Meinong; S. Sixian) 棺材 ,大壽 ‡ ,大屋 ‡ Kaohsiung(Shanlin; S. Sixian) 棺材 ,大屋 ‡ Hong Kong 棺材 ,壽房 Yangxi(Tangkou) 棺材 Yangchun(Sanjia) 長生 Xinyi(Sihe) 棺材 Xinyi(Qianpai) 棺材 Gaozhou(Xindong) 棺材 Maoming(Shalang, Dianbai) 棺材 Huazhou(Xin'an) 棺材 Lianjiang(Shijiao) 長生 ,壽板 Lianjiang(Qingping) 棺材 Mengshan(Xihe) 壽 Luchuan 壽木 Sabah(Longchuan) 棺材 Kuala Lumpur(Dabu) 棺材 ,壽板 ,棺木 Senai(Huiyang) 棺材 ,四塊半 ,長生板 Senai(Hepo) 棺材 Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa(Hepo) 棺樵 ,大屋 Singkawang 棺材 Huizhou Jixi 棺材 ,材 ,壽材 † ,壽木 † Jin Taiyuan 棺材 ,壽材 † ,壽木 † Xinzhou 棺材 ,壽器 † ,大頭 † Northern Min Jian'ou 棺木 ,四塊板 Eastern Min Fuzhou 棺材 ,棺木 ,壽板 † Southern Min Xiamen 棺柴 ,棺 ,壽板 † ,壽柴 ,大厝 dated Quanzhou 棺柴 ,棺 ,壽柴 Jinjiang 壽板 ,老壽 Yongchun 棺柴 Zhangzhou 棺柴 ,棺 ,壽板 † ,壽柴 Taipei 棺柴 ,大壽 ‡ ,壽板 ‡ Taipei(Wanhua) 棺柴 New Taipei(Tamsui) 棺柴 ,大壽 ‡ New Taipei(Sanxia) 棺柴 ,壽板 ‡ New Taipei(Pingxi) 棺柴 Kaohsiung 棺柴 ,壽 ‡ ,壽板 ‡ Yilan 棺柴 ,大壽 ‡ ,壽板 ‡ Changhua(Lukang) 棺柴 ,大壽 ‡ ,壽 ‡ Taichung 棺柴 ,棺木 ‡ Taichung(Wuqi) 棺柴 Tainan 棺柴 ,板仔 ,大厝 ‡ ,壽板 ‡ ,大壽 ‡ ,壽 ‡ Taitung 棺柴 Hsinchu 棺柴 ,大壽 ‡ Chiayi 棺柴 ,棺木 ,大厝 ‡ ,新厝 ‡ ,壽板 ‡ Chiayi County(Dongshi) 棺柴 Kinmen 棺柴 ,壽板 ‡ ,壽枋 ‡ ,大厝 ‡ ,棺木 ‡ Penghu(Magong) 棺柴 ,壽 ‡ Singapore(Hokkien) 棺柴 ,大厝 Manila(Hokkien) 棺柴 ,棺 Chaozhou 棺柴 Shantou 棺柴 ,大厝 ,長生 Shantou(Chenghai) 棺柴 Jieyang 棺柴 ,大厝 Haifeng 棺柴 Bangkok(Teochew) 棺柴 ,大厝 Johor Bahru(Teochew) 大厝 ,四個半 Singapore(Teochew) 棺柴 Haikou 棺材 ,壽板 † Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) 棺材 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 棺材 ,四塊半 ,四合板 ,壽木 † ,壽板 † Wu Shanghai 棺材 ,壽材 † ,壽器 † Shanghai(Chongming) 棺材 ,材 ,壽材 † Suzhou 棺材 ,壽材 † ,壽器 † Danyang 棺材 ,壽材 † Hangzhou 棺材 ,壽材 † Ningbo 棺材 ,壽材 † Wenzhou 棺材 ,枋 Jinhua 棺材 ,材 ,壽材 † ,壽屋 † Xiang Changsha 棺材 ,料 ,棺木 ,壽枋 † Loudi 棺材 ,料 ,長生 † ,壽器 † Shuangfeng 木 ,大料 Note † - prepared before one's death; ‡ - elegant name
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(First grade kyōiku kanji )
⟨ki2 ⟩ → */kɨ/ →/ki/
FromOld Japanese 木 ( ki2 ) , fromProto-Japonic *kəi . Cognate withProto-Ryukyuan *ke . For the vowel alternation, seeWiktionary:About Proto-Japonic § Standalone forms and combining forms .
First attested in theKojiki of 712CE .[ 1]
木( き ) • (ki )
atree orshrub wood ,timber ,lumber ( graph theory , computer science ) atree ( data structure ) ( theater , sumo , etc.) aclapper used tosignal theopening orclosing of amatch orplay 猿( さる ) も木( き ) から落( お ) ちる( saru mo ki kara ochiru ,“ even monkeys fall from trees → nobody's perfect ” ) ⟨ko2 ⟩ → */kə/ →/ko/
FromOld Japanese 木 ( ko2 ) .
Likely the original form ofki above. Obsolete in modern Japanese, never found in isolation; only found in compounds and certain idioms.[ 3]
木( こ ) • (ko )
Combining form of木 ( き, ki ) : tree ;wood FromMiddle Chinese 木 (MC muwk ). Compare modernCantonese 木 ( muk6 ) .
木( もく ) • (moku )
atree short for木曜日 ( mokuyōbi ) :Thursday wood grain FromMiddle Chinese 木 (MC muwk ). Compare literaryMin Nan 木 ( bo̍k ) .
木( ぼく ) • (boku )
atree ; more specifically, aliving tree thebent andgnarled trunk orroots of an old tree wood ,lumber something made ofwood in ancient China, awooden musical instrument 木( ぼく ) • (boku ) -na (adnominal 木( ぼく ) な ( bokuna ) ,adverbial 木( ぼく ) に ( bokuni ) )
( derogatory ) wooden , as of a person'scharacter orbehavior ( derogatory ) wooden , as of a person'smental abilities :blockheaded ,stupid ,dimwitted Inflection of木 Stem forms Imperfective (未然形 ) 木だろ ぼくだろ boku daro Continuative (連用形 ) 木で ぼくで boku de Terminal (終止形 ) 木だ ぼくだ boku da Attributive (連体形 ) 木な ぼくな boku na Hypothetical (仮定形 ) 木なら ぼくなら boku nara Imperative (命令形 ) 木であれ ぼくであれ boku de are Key constructions Informal negative 木ではない 木じゃない ぼくではない ぼくじゃない boku de wa nai boku ja nai Informal past 木だった ぼくだった boku datta Informal negative past 木ではなかった 木じゃなかった ぼくではなかった ぼくじゃなかった boku de wa nakatta boku ja nakatta Formal 木です ぼくです boku desu Formal negative 木ではありません 木じゃありません ぼくではありません ぼくじゃありません boku de wa arimasen boku ja arimasen Formal past 木でした ぼくでした boku deshita Formal negative past 木ではありませんでした 木じゃありませんでした ぼくではありませんでした ぼくじゃありませんでした boku de wa arimasen deshita boku ja arimasen deshita Conjunctive 木で ぼくで boku de Conditional 木なら(ば) ぼくなら(ば) boku nara (ba) Provisional 木だったら ぼくだったら boku dattara Volitional 木だろう ぼくだろう boku darō Adverbial 木に ぼくに boku ni Degree 木さ ぼくさ bokusa
↑1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “き 【木・樹】 ”, in日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ][1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition,Tokyo :Shogakukan ,2000-2002, released online 2007 ,→ISBN , concise edition entry availablehere ↑2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ),大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition,Tokyo :Sanseidō ,→ISBN ^ Pellard, Thomas (2012 ), “日琉祖語の分岐年代 ”, in琉球諸語と古代日本語に関する比較言語学的研究」ワークショップ [2] , page 6 ↑4.0 4.1 4.2 “もく 【木】 ”, in日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ][3] (in Japanese), 2nd edition,Tokyo :Shogakukan ,2000-2002, released online 2007 ,→ISBN , concise edition entry availablehere ↑5.0 5.1 “ぼく 【木】 ”, in日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ][4] (in Japanese), 2nd edition,Tokyo :Shogakukan ,2000-2002, released online 2007 ,→ISBN , concise edition entry availablehere FromMiddle Chinese 木 (MC muwk ).
Historical readings Dongguk Jeongun reading Dongguk Jeongun , 1448목〮 (Yale :mwók )Middle Korean Text Eumhun Gloss (hun ) Reading Hunmong Jahoe , 1527[8] 나모 (Yale :nàmwò )목〮 (Yale :mwók )
木 (eumhun 나무 목 ( namu mok ) )
hanja form? of목 ( “ tree ;wood ;wooden ” ) [affix] hanja form? of목 ( “ short for목요일(木曜日) ( mogyoil ,“ Thursday ” ) ” ) Compounds
각목 (刻木 ,gangmok )고목 (古木 ,gomok )관목 (灌木 ,gwanmok )광목 (廣木 ,gwangmok )교목 (喬木 ,gyomok )모과 (木瓜 ,mogwa )목간 (木簡 ,mokgan )목검 (木劍 ,mokgeom )목공 (木工 ,mokgong )목관 (木管 ,mokgwan )목기 (木器 ,mokgi )목도 (木刀 ,mokdo )목련 (木蓮 ,mongnyeon )목마 (木馬 ,mongma )목석 (木石 ,mokseok )목성 (木星 ,mokseong )목수 (木手 ,moksu )목어 (木魚 ,mogeo )목재 (木材 ,mokjae )목조 (木造 ,mokjo )목조 (木彫 ,mokjo )목초 (木醋 ,mokcho )목침 (木枕 ,mokchim )목탁 (木鐸 ,moktak )목탄 (木炭 ,moktan )목탑 (木塔 ,moktap )목화 (木花 ,mokhwa )묘목 (苗木 ,myomok )벌목 (伐木 ,beolmok )비목 (碑木 ,bimok )삽목 (揷木 ,sammok )수목 (樹木 ,sumok )식목 (植木 ,singmok )신목 (神木 ,sinmok )원목 (原木 ,wonmok )접목 (接木 ,jeommok )주목 (朱木 ,jumok )취목 (取木 ,chwimok )침목 (枕木 ,chimmok )국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전/電子字典 .[9] 木
(First grade kyōiku kanji )
/ki/ →/kiː/
FromProto-Ryukyuan *ke , fromProto-Japonic *kəy .
木( きー ) (kī )
atree “キー(きー) ” inOkinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima . FromProto-Japonic *kəy .
This term had then came to be used as借訓 ( shakkun ) kanji forki2 .
木 (ki2 ) (kana き )
atree orshrub wood ,timber ,lumber 木 (ki2 )
Denotesphonographic syllable ki2 . Synonyms: 樹 ,城 ,黄 Likely the original form of⟨ki2 ⟩ above. Never found in isolation.[ 1]
木 (ko2 ) (kana こ )
Combining form ofキ乙 ( ki2 ) above May ultimately be fromProto-Japonic *kəy . Analysis in theNihon Shoki (720CE ) shows that this variation of⟨ki2 ⟩ is not limited to Eastern dialects.
木 (ke2 ) (kana け )
( regional , Northern EasternOld Japanese , Southern Eastern Old Japanese) Same asキ乙 ( ki2 ) above ,text here 麻都能氣 乃奈美多流美礼波伊波妣等乃和例乎美於久流等多多理之母己呂 matu no2 ke2 no2 nami1 taru mi1 reba ipabi1 to2 no2 ware wo mi1 okuru to2 tatari si moko2 ro2 Looking at the pinetrees all in a row, they were just like the people from the household standing to see me off 眞木 ( make2 ) 御木 ( Mi1 ke2 ,a placename ) ^ Pellard, Thomas (2012 ), “日琉祖語の分岐年代 ”, in琉球諸語と古代日本語に関する比較言語学的研究」ワークショップ [5] , page 6 木 :Hán Việt readings:mộc (莫 ( mạc ) 卜 ( bốc ) 切 ( thiết ) )[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] 木 :Nôm readings:mọc [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] ,mốc [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] ,móc [ 1] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] ,mục [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] ,chúc [ 2] ,mộc [ 3]
chữ Hán form ofmộc ( in compounds ) woodworking Wood , one of theWu Xing ( archaic ) shield chữ Nôm form ofmóc ( “ tohook ; todraw out (with the fingers);hook ” ) chữ Nôm form ofmọc ( “ ( of a plant ) toshoot out of thesoil ” ) chữ Nôm form ofmốc ( “ mould ;mouldy ” ) 木星 ( Mộc tinh ,“ Jupiter ” ) 木樨 ( mộc tê ,“ Osmanthus ” ) 木版 ( mộc bản ,“ woodblock ” ) 木琴 ( mộc cầm ,“ xylophone ” ) 木瓜 ( mộc qua ,“ papaya ” ) 木耳 ( mộc nhĩ ,“ wood ear fungus ” ) 木蘭 ( mộc lan ,“ magnolia ” ) 船獨木 ( thuyền độc mộc ,“ dugout ” ) 草木 ( thảo mộc ,“ herbal ” ) 𠏲木 ( thợ mộc ,“ carpenter ” ) 𣇟木 ( sao Mộc ,“ Jupiter ” )