Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
crude, simple, plain, docile
Kun:
ほうほおえのき
On:
ボク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1626 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 朴直 【ボクチョク】 simplicity, honesty, naivete
  • 朴訥 【ボクトツ】 unsophisticated, ruggedly honest, artless, unaffected, simple, naive
  • 純朴 【ジュンボク】 simple and honest, unsophisticated, simpleminded, naive, unspoiled
  • 厚朴 【コウボク】 Japanese bigleaf magnolia bark (used in Chinese medicine)

Kun reading compounds

  • 朴の木 【ほおのき】 magnolia (Magnolia obovata), Japanese big leaf magnolia
  • 朴 【ほお】 Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
  • 朴の木 【ほおのき】 magnolia (Magnolia obovata), Japanese big leaf magnolia
  • 榎 【えのき】 Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica), Chinese nettle tree, enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), winter mushroom, velvet shank, enokitake, enokidake

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
po4, piao2, pu3, pu2
Korean:
bag

Spanish

  • sencillo
  • simple
  • honesto
  • natural

Portuguese

  • simples
  • cru
  • planície
  • dócil

French

  • brut
  • simple
  • honnête
  • docile
1819 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1896 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1828 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1416 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
255 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1466 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1562 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1529 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1070 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1013 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
548 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
725 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
211 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14428 Morohashi
819 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544 New Nelson (John Haig)
207 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
220 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1082 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1854 2001 Kanji
4a2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
4390.0 Four corner code
1-43-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6734 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
pillar, post, cylinder, support
Kun:
はしら
On:
チュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1119 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 柱 【チュウ】 bridge (of a koto, etc.), cylinder, prism
  • 柱穴 【チュウケツ】 posthole (archaeology)
  • 支柱 【シチュウ】 prop, stay, support, brace, fulcrum
  • 氷柱 【ツララ】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice

Kun reading compounds

  • 柱 【はしら】 pillar, post, support, prop, mainstay, counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
  • 柱穴 【ちゅうけつ】 posthole (archaeology)
  • 杖柱 【つえはしら】 person upon whom one relies
  • 心の柱 【しんのはしら】 central pillar of a pagoda

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu4
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • pilar
  • columna
  • poste

Portuguese

  • pilar
  • poste
  • cilindro
  • apoio

French

  • poteau
  • cylindre
  • support
278 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
366 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
345 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1385 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2236 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
826 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
629 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
854 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
598 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
608 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
990 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1084 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1109 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
603 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
797 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
274 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14660 Morohashi
896 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2631 New Nelson (John Haig)
268 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
286 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
338 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1872 2001 Kanji
4a5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
4091.4 Four corner code
1-35-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67f1 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hao4
Korean:
ho

Spanish

Portuguese

French

711 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3066 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2137 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
13799 Morohashi
2426 New Nelson (John Haig)
4c4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
6043.0 Four corner code
6043.1 Four corner code
1-58-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
660a Unicode hex code