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朴 = 卜 + 木

朴 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “crude”. It is built from 卜 (divining rod) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 220.

Keyword
crude
RTK frame
220
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ほう, ほお, えのき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сырой
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
朴 simple

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 卜 divining rod
  2. 木 tree

How to find 朴 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “divining rod” + “tree”. 朴 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 朴 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.