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朴

朴 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. えのき。アサ科の落葉高木。
  2. 素直。
  3. ほお。ホオノキ。モクレン科の落葉高木。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「木」+音符「卜」。漢語｛朴｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

crude, simple, plain, docile

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボクJHS
Kun (native)
  • ほう
  • ほお
  • えのき
Other languages
  • 拼音po4
  • 拼音piao2
  • 拼音pu3
  • 拼音pu2
  • 한글bag
  • Hán-ViệtPhác

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6734

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木卜

Words using this kanji

  • 朴ほおえのき。アサ科の落葉高木。 素直。 ほお。ホオノキ。モクレン科の落葉高木。Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
  • 朴直ぼくちょくsimplicity, honesty, naivete
  • 朴訥ぼくとつ素朴で無口であること。また、そのようなさま。飾り気がないこと。unsophisticated, ruggedly honest, artless, unaffected
  • 朴伴ぼくはんCamellia japonica 'Bokuhan' (cultivar of common camellia)
  • 朴歯ほおばgeta supports made out of magnolia wood, geta with these supports
  • 朴の木ほおのきmagnolia (Magnolia obovata), Japanese big leaf magnolia
  • 朴念仁ぼくねんじん理解の悪い人。無口で愛想のない人。 転じて、自身が目の前にいる人から思慕の念を寄せられている事に気付かない鈍感な人。quiet unsociable person, obstinate person, blockhead
  • 朴葉味噌ほおばみそmagnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-2
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4390.0
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4a2.3
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220
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2176