Hanja Analyzer
朴

朴 — bak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
성(姓) 박
Romanization
bak
English
simple, unadorned; sincere; surname; a tree
Mandarin
pǔ
Japanese on'yomi
ボク, ホウ, ホク, フ, ヒュウ, ハク
Japanese kun'yomi
ほう ほお えのき
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,626 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
木 (75, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
卜
Unicode
U+6734

Parts that make up 朴

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 卜 점 복sound 불에 갈라진 거북등점치는 일. ‘복’ 계열의 소리

How 朴 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 朴 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 卜.

Korean example words with 朴

  • 검박하다儉朴 Korean gloss: 검소하고 소박하다
  • 고박하다古朴 Korean gloss: 예스럽고 질박하다
  • 박충하다朴忠 Korean gloss: 순박하고 충직하다
  • 소박하다素朴 Korean gloss: 꾸밈이나 거짓이 없고 수수하다
  • 소박성素朴性 Korean gloss: 꾸밈이나 거짓이 없는 수수한 품성
  • 소박미素朴美 Korean gloss: 꾸밈이나 거짓이 없는 수수한 아름다움
  • 순박성淳朴性 Korean gloss: 거짓이나 꾸밈이 없이 순수하며 인정이 두터운 성질
  • 박둔朴鈍 Korean gloss: 단단하지 못한 그릇.
  • 박연朴淵 Korean gloss: ‘벨테브레이’의 우리나라 이름.
  • 박도朴刀 Korean gloss: 주로 들고 다니는, 장식도 없고 칼집도 없는 칼.
  • 돈박敦朴 Korean gloss: 인정이 많고 두터우며 성품이 꾸민 데가 없이 수수함.
  • 박초朴硝 Korean gloss: 초석(硝石)을 한 번 구워 만든 약재. 이뇨제로 쓴다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 朴

  • 素朴そぼく simple; artless; naive
  • 純朴じゅんぼく simple and honest; unsophisticated; simpleminded
  • 朴ほお Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
  • 質朴しつぼく simple (and honest); simple-hearted; unsophisticated
  • 敦朴とんぼく honest and homely; simple
  • 朴直ぼくちょく simplicity; honesty; naivete
  • 朴訥ぼくとつ unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless
  • 厚朴こうぼく Japanese bigleaf magnolia bark (used in Chinese medicine)
  • 朴伴ぼくはん Camellia japonica 'Bokuhan' (cultivar of common camellia)
  • 朴歯ほおば geta supports made out of magnolia wood; geta with these supports
  • 浜朴ハマボウ hardy yellow hibiscus (Hibiscus hamabo)
  • 朴の木ほおのき magnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese big leaf magnolia

Characters sharing the phonetic 卜

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “박”

Other hanja with radical 木

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