Moto 朴: Crude; Simple; PlainKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ボク
- Kun'yomi
- ほう、ほお、えのき
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 20 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ボク)
- 素朴そぼくsimple; artless
- 純朴じゅんぼくrustic simplicity; homeliness
- 単純素朴たんじゅんそぼくplain and simple; naive
- 惇朴とんぼくhonest and homely; simple
- 敦朴とんぼくhonest and homely; simple
- 朴とつぼくとつunsophisticated; ruggedly honest
- 朴伴ぼくはんCamellia japonica 'Bokuhan' (cultivar of common camellia)
- 朴念仁ぼくねんじんquiet unsociable person
- 朴直ぼくちょくsimplicity; honesty
- 朴訥ぼくとつunsophisticated; ruggedly honest
- 淳朴じゅんぼくrustic simplicity; homeliness
- 素朴実在論そぼくじつざいろんnaive realism
- 質朴しつぼくsimplicity; unsophisticatedness
- 醇朴じゅんぼくrustic simplicity; homeliness
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 朴えのきJapanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree
- 朴の木ほおのきmagnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese big leaf magnolia
- 朴歯ほおばgeta supports made out of magnolia wood; geta with these supports
- 朴葉味噌ほおばみそmagnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi
Other readings
- 厚朴ほおJapanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
- 朴柏ほおJapanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
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