木

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 庭に大きい木があります。▶ —
   There is a big tree in the garden.
2. この本は木でできています。▶ —
   This desk is made of wood.

Collocations

Mnemonic

き — 木, Yamato. The homophone 気 ki-spirit lives in a separate slug — ki-tree / ki-spirit. One character carries two senses — the living tree: 庭の木 (a tree in the garden). the timber: 木でできている (made of wood). 木 also teaches a visual grammar of kanji — 木 + 木 = 林 hayashi (grove). 木 + 木 + 木 = 森 mori (forest). Korean reading mok is where you meet this character again in Mandarin Roots.

Quick check

1. Two 木 combined make which kanji?

   • 林 hayashi (two 木 = grove/small forest)
   • 森 mori (three 木 = forest)
   • 本 hon (book, unrelated)
   • 休 yasumu (rest, 人 + 木)