朴
朴 — Crude
crude, simple, plain, docile
On’yomiボク (boku)
Kun’yomiほう (hou)
Kun’yomiほお (hoo)
Kun’yomiえのき (enoki)
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 朴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 素朴 | そぼく soboku | simple; artless; naive |
| 純朴 | じゅんぼく junboku | simple and honest; unsophisticated; simpleminded |
Study notes
朴 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1626 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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