This kanji is based on a pictograph of a tree.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Reading Meaning
⭐ 木 き tree; wood
⭐ 大木 たいぼく large tree

この大木で光がすっかりさえぎられている。

The light is completely blocked out by the big tree.🔗
⭐ 木々 きぎ trees, all kinds of trees
木石 ぼくせき trees and stones; unfeeling person
土木 どぼく civil engineering, public works
木造 もくぞう wooden, made of wood
樹木 じゅもく trees and shrubs, arbor
材木 ざいもく lumber
並木 なみき roadside tree; row of trees
拍子木 ひょうじぎ wooden clappers (musical instrument)
木立 こだち grove of trees
木陰 こかげ shade of tree, bower
木綿 もめん cotton