木
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The kanji 木 has the meaning of tree
as a woody plant and also represents the material it produces: wood
.

The planet dedicated to the wood element is Jupiter and is written 木星 and the day of the week 木曜日 Thursday.
「木」は英語では「tree」と言います。
Ki is tree in English.
Tree, wood and forest
It is interesting to look at two other kanji formed using 木:
林 two trees we have the
wood
森 three trees instead form the
forest
These two terms are often interchangeable, sometimes we find 林 which is translated forest as in the case of:
アマゾン 熱帯雨林: the
Amazonian tropical rainforest
in Brazilトンガス 国有林
Tongass National Forest
in Alaska
Types of trees and plants
We find 木 as radical, the keyword of the kanji, in many types of trees such as:
杉 the
Japanese cedar
松 the
pine
樺の木 the
birch
檜 the
Japanese cypress

桜 の 木 the
cherry
庭木 the
garden plants
(庭)植木 the
garden plants
andpotted plants
木を植える方法。
How to plant a tree.
植木屋 is the
gardener
, thenurseryman
根 is the
root
of the plant
Wooden material
If we want an object or product made of wood, the term is 木製 wooden
, as an adjective: 製 indicates the manufacture, is also used to translate Made in ... as in 日本製, made in Japan.
木製の家具 a wooden piece of furniture
木製品 a wooden object
木製の玩具 a wooden toy
木材 is the noun for wood as a material.
木材の種類と特徴
Types of wood and characteristics

Roppongi, Tokyo district
The name of the well-known commercial district and location of various Tokyo attractions 六本木 Roppongi, means 6trees:
六 the
number six
本 the
numeral suffix
for long objects木
trees
The curious name given to the district according to tradition derives from the presence of six trees that marked the area and according to another version the name derives from six daimyo gentlemen who lived there and had a name containing the element 木.
木 in Japanese names and surnames
青木
Aoki
surname元木
Motoki
surname木村
Kimura
surname亜木子
Akiko
female name愛木咲
Nagisa
feminine name阿木男
Akio
male name
There are other kanji to indicate the tree
:
樹 reads ki as 木
樹木 which reads jumoku
The firewood
is 薪, the kanji is read まき or たきぎ with the same meaning.
Someone may have wondered: what do you say Christmas tree
?
The Christmas tree is translated and transcribed in katakana クリスマスツリー, from the English Christmas tree.