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朴 — kanji meaning “crude”

crude, simple, plain, docile

Meanings
crude, simple, plain, docile
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
6
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1626 of 2,500
Classical radical
75
Chinese reading
pò, piáo, pǔ, pú — Chinese character page

Words with 朴

WordReadingMeaning
そぼく sobokusimple; artless; naive
じゅんぼく junbokusimple and honest; unsophisticated; simpleminded
ぼくとつ bokutotsuunsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless
ぼくねんじん bokunenjinquiet unsociable person
ほおのき hoonokimagnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese big leaf magnolia
しつぼく shitsubokusimple (and honest); simple-hearted; unsophisticated
とんぼく tonbokuhonest and homely; simple
ぼくちょく bokuchokusimplicity; honesty; naivete
たんじゅんそぼく tanjunsobokuplain and simple; naive
ほおばみそ hoobamisomagnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi
こうぼく koubokuJapanese bigleaf magnolia bark (used in Chinese medicine)
ぼくはん bokuhanCamellia japonica 'Bokuhan' (cultivar of common camellia)

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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