朴
unadorned; crude; simple; plain; docile
6 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1626.
Readings
- ボク (on reading): 素朴 (そぼく) simple; 純朴 (じゅんぼく) simple and honest
- ほお (kun reading): 朴 (ほお) Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata); 朴葉味噌 (ほおばみそ) magnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi
- ほう (kun reading)
- えのき (kun reading)
Components
Words using 朴
- 素朴 (そぼく) simple
- 純朴 (じゅんぼく) simple and honest
- 朴訥 (ぼくとつ) unsophisticated
- 朴念仁 (ぼくねんじん) quiet unsociable person
- 素朴派 (そぼくは) naïve art
- 朴 (ほお) Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
- 朴葉味噌 (ほおばみそ) magnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi
- 朴歯 (ほおば) geta supports made out of magnolia wood
14 words in all.