木

木 U+6728, 木 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6728 ← 朧 [U+6727] CJK Unified Ideographs 朩 → [U+6729]

⽊ U+2F4A, ⽊ KANGXI RADICAL TREE ← ⽉ [U+2F49] Kangxi Radicals ⽋ → [U+2F4B]

Stroke order

Stroke order

• 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)

1. Kangxi radical #75, ⽊.

• 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

• Japanese: 𛀧 (Hentaigana)

• 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

simp. and trad.		木

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

Unrelated to 耒, in which it represents a plough, and 茶, in which it represents the door of a hut. Also unrelated to 米 since it is the pictogram of six rice kernels. Partly unrelated to 保, in which it represents the body of a newborn baby.

No known cognate exists. It can perhaps be compared with Proto-Karen *məŋᴮ (“trunk (of a tree); firewood”) (Starostin) or Proto-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”).

木

1. tree; woody plant

   Synonym: 樹／树 (shù)

   樹木／树木  ―  shùmù  ―  tree

   灌木  ―  guànmù  ―  shrub

   木芍藥／木芍药  ―  mùsháoyào  ―  tree peony

   • 以若所為求若所欲，猶緣木而求魚也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     以若所为求若所欲，犹缘木而求鱼也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yǐ ruò suǒ wéi qiú ruò suǒ yù, yóu yuán mù ér qiú yú yě. [Pinyin]

     But doing what you do to seek for what you desire is like climbing a tree to seek for fish.

2. wood; timber (Classifier: 條／条 c; 塊／块 c; 嚿 c; 轆／辘 c)

   木頭／木头  ―  mùtou  ―  log

3. wooden

   木屋  ―  mùwū  ―  wooden house

   這張桌子是木的。 [MSC, trad.]
   这张桌子是木的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè zhāng zhuōzi shì mù de. [Pinyin]

   This table is made of wood.

4. (literary or in compounds) coffin

   就木  ―  jiùmù  ―  to die (literally, “to enter one's coffin”)

   • 原壤登木曰：「久矣予之不托於音也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     原壤登木曰：「久矣予之不托于音也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yuán Rǎng dēng mù yuē: “Jiǔ yǐ yǔ zhī bù tuō yú yīn yě.” [Pinyin]

     Yuan Rang got up on the coffin [of his mother] and said, "It is long since I sang to anything."

5. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden

   木訥／木讷  ―  mùnè  ―  plain spoken, slow and inarticulate

6. numb

   麻木  ―  mámù  ―  numb, insensitive

   她手指凍木了。／她手指冻木了。  ―  Tā shǒuzhǐ dòng mù le.  ―  Her fingers were numb with cold.

7. a surname
8. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) Eye dialect spelling of 沒／没.

   有木有  ―  yǒumùyǒu  ―  innit, damn right

• (tree):

• (wood):

• (coffin):

Other:

• → Lü: ᦙᦴᧉ (muu²)

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: もく (moku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぼく (boku, Jōyō)
• Kun: き (ki, 木, Jōyō)、こ (ko, 木, Jōyō ^†)
• Nanori: ぐ (gu)、しげ (shige)、も (mo)、もと (moto)

Kanji in this term
木
き Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
樹 (uncommon)

⟨ki₂⟩ → */kɨ/ → /ki/

From Old Japanese 木 (ki₂), from Proto-Japonic *kəi. Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *ke. For the vowel alternation, see Wiktionary:About Proto-Japonic § Standalone forms and combining forms.

First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.^[1]

• (Tokyo) き [kíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲi]

• (Kyoto) きー [kìí] (Teiki – [0])^[1]

• (Kyoto) きー [kíí] (Kōki – [0])^[1] “a clapper”

木(き) • (ki) 

1. a tree or shrub
2. wood, timber, lumber
3. (graph theory, computer science) a tree (data structure)
4. (theater, sumo, etc.) a clapper used to signal the opening or closing of a match or play

• 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”)

Kanji in this term
木
こ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

⟨ko₂⟩ → */kə/ → /ko/

From Old Japanese 木 (ko₂).

Likely the original form of ki above. Obsolete in modern Japanese, never found in isolation; only found in compounds and certain idioms.^[3]

• IPA^(key): [ko̞]

木(こ) • (ko) 

1. Combining form of 木 (き, ki): tree; wood

Kanji in this term
木
もく Grade: 1
goon

From Middle Chinese 木 (MC muwk). Compare modern Cantonese 木 (muk⁶).

• (wood grain): 杢

• (Tokyo) もく [móꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][4]
• (Tokyo) もく [mòkú] (Heiban – [0])^[4] “wood grain”
• IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟]

• (Kyoto) も​く [móꜜkù] (Kōki)^[4]

木(もく) • (moku) 

1. a tree
2. Short for 木曜日 (mokuyōbi): Thursday
3. wood grain

• 木(も)綿(めん) (momen)

Kanji in this term
木
ぼく Grade: 1
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 木 (MC muwk). Compare literary Min Nan 木 (bo̍k).

• (Tokyo) ぼく [bòkú] (Heiban – [0])^[2][5]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞kɯ̟]

• (Kyoto) ぼく [bókú] (Kōki – [0])^[5]

木(ぼく) • (boku) 

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

木(ぼく) • (boku) -na (adnominal 木(ぼく)な (boku na), adverbial 木(ぼく)に (boku ni))

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

From Middle Chinese 木 (MC muwk).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	목〮 (Yale: mwók)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[6]	나모 (Yale: nàmwò)	목〮 (Yale: mwók)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [목]

Wikisource

木 (eumhun 나무 목 (namu mok))

1. hanja form^? of 목 (“tree; wood; wooden”) [affix]
2. hanja form^? of 목 (“Short for 목요일(木曜日) (mogyoil, “Thursday”).”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [7]

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: きー (kī)

/ki/ → /kiː/

From Proto-Ryukyuan *ke, from Proto-Japonic *kəy.

• (Shuri) きー [kìì] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲiː]

木(きー) (kī) 

1. a tree

• “キー（きー）” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.

From Proto-Japonic *kəy.

This term had then came to be used as 借訓 (shakkun) kanji for ki₂.

木 (ki₂) (kana き)

1. a tree or shrub
2. wood, timber, lumber

木 (ki₂)

1. Denotes phonographic syllable ki₂.

   Synonyms: 樹, 城, 黄

• Japanese: 木 (ki)

Likely the original form of ⟨ki₂⟩ above. Never found in isolation.^[1]

木 (ko₂) (kana こ)

1. Combining form of キ^乙 (ki₂) above

• 木の葉 (ko₂no₂pa)
• 木の花 (ko₂no₂pana)
• 木立 (ko₂dati)

• Japanese: 木 (ko)

May ultimately be from Proto-Japonic *kəy. Analysis in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) shows that this variation of ⟨ki₂⟩ is not limited to Eastern dialects.

木 (ke₂) (kana け)

1. (regional, Northern Eastern Old Japanese, Southern Eastern Old Japanese) Same as キ^乙 (ki₂) above
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4375:
     , 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 nami₁taru mi₁reba ipabi₁to₂ no₂ ware wo mi₁okuru to₂ tatari si moko₂ro₂

     Looking at the pine trees all in a row, they were just like the people from the household standing to see me off

• 眞木 (make₂)
• 御木 (Mi₁ke₂, a placename)

木: Hán Việt readings: mộc (莫(mạc)卜(bốc)切(thiết))^[1][2][3]
木: Nôm readings: mọc^{[1][2][3][4][5]}, mốc^{[1][2][3][4][5]}, mộc^[1][2][3][5], móc^[1][3][4][5], mục^[3][4][5], chúc^[2]

1. chữ Hán form of mộc (“tree; wood”).