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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles

    mu4
mu
 moku
    もく

More info & calligraphy:

Wood
(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
(1) (abbreviation) (See 木曜) Thursday; (2) (See 五行・1) wood (first of the five elements); (female given name) Moku
Wood; a tree; kāṣṭha, a piece of wood, wood, timber.

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cái
    cai2
ts`ai
    tsai
 zai
    ざい
material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)
(n,n-suf) (1) wood; lumber; timber; (2) (raw) material; stuff; (3) talent; ability; capable person; (personal name) Motoki

良材

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liáng cái
    liang2 cai2
liang ts`ai
    liang tsai
 ryouzai / ryozai
    りょうざい
good timber; sound material; fig. able person; sound chap
good material; good timber; able persons; (given name) Yoshiki

see styles

    yi2
i
(literary) (botany) (a species of linden whose timber was used to make coffins in ancient times)

see styles
yǒng
    yong3
yung
(archaic) a kind of tree whose timber was used to make ceremonial tablets 笏[hu4]

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léng
    leng2
leng
 ryō
square beam; variant of 稜|棱[leng2]
A corner, a shaped edge, trimmed timber, corner-like; intractable, uncertain.


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shù
    shu4
shu
 mitsuru
    みつる
tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
(1) tree; shrub; bush; (2) wood; timber; (personal name) Mitsuru
vṛkṣa, a tree; to stand, erect, establish.

乾燥


干燥

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gān zào
    gan1 zao4
kan tsao
 kansou / kanso
    かんそう
(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring; (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); dehydration; desiccation; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (See 無味乾燥) insipidity

乾竹

see styles
 karatake
    からたけ
(1) (kana only) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

伐採

see styles
 bassai
    ばっさい
(noun, transitive verb) felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering

原木

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yuán mù
    yuan2 mu4
yüan mu
 genboku
    げんぼく
logs
(1) pulpwood; raw timber; unprocessed timber; logs; (2) original (or ancestor) of a tree cultivar; (place-name) Baraki

地利

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dì lì
    di4 li4
ti li
 chiri; jiri
    ちり; じり
favorable location; in the right place; productivity of land
(1) (See 地の利) locational advantage; advantageous position; (2) products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); (3) (See 地子) land rent

墨斗

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mò dǒu
    mo4 dou3
mo tou
carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)

墨線


墨线

see styles
mò xiàn
    mo4 xian4
mo hsien
inked line; carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)

外材

see styles
 gaizai
    がいざい
foreign timber; imported lumber

川竹

see styles
 kawatake
    かわたけ
(1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (archaism) prostitute; the life of a prostitute; (surname) Kawatake

巨材

see styles
 kyozai
    きょざい
(1) big piece of timber; (2) very talented person; person of outstanding ability

幹竹

see styles
 karatake
    からたけ
(1) (kana only) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

成材

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chéng cái
    cheng2 cai2
ch`eng ts`ai
    cheng tsai
to make something of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect; (of a tree) to grow to full size; to become useful for timber

新木

see styles
 niki
    にき
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber; (place-name) Niki

木料

see styles
mù liào
    mu4 liao4
mu liao
lumber; timber

木材

see styles
mù cái
    mu4 cai2
mu ts`ai
    mu tsai
 mokuzai
    もくざい
wood
lumber; timber; wood; (place-name) Mokuzai

木裏

see styles
 kiura
    きうら
(See 木表) inner side of a wooden board; core side of sawn timber

木頭


木头

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mù tou
    mu4 tou5
mu t`ou
    mu tou
 kitou / kito
    きとう
slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc); CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]
(place-name, surname) Kitou
Blockhead, a stupid person, one who breaks the commandments.

材木

see styles
 zaimoku
    ざいもく
wood (for building); lumber; timber; (place-name, surname) Zaimoku

材積


材积

see styles
cái jī
    cai2 ji1
ts`ai chi
    tsai chi
volume (of timber)

材質


材质

see styles
cái zhì
    cai2 zhi4
ts`ai chih
    tsai chih
 zaishitsu
    ざいしつ
texture of timber; quality of material; material (that something is made of)
(1) material; (2) material properties; quality of material; (3) quality of wood; quality of lumber

枯木

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kū mù
    ku1 mu4
k`u mu
    ku mu
 kogi
    こぎ
dead tree
dead tree; dry wood; (surname) Kogi
Withered timber, decayed, dried-up trees; applied to a class of ascetic Buddhists, who sat in meditation, never lying down, like 石霜枯木 petrified rocks and withered stumps.

槭木

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qì mù
    qi4 mu4
ch`i mu
    chi mu
maple (timber)

毛竹

see styles
máo zhú
    mao2 zhu2
mao chu
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc

河竹

see styles
 kawatake
    かわたけ
(1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (archaism) prostitute; the life of a prostitute; (surname) Kawatake

浮木

see styles
fú mù
    fu2 mu4
fu mu
 fuboku; ukigi
    ふぼく; うきぎ
driftwood; floating timber; (surname) Ukiki
A floating log, v. 浮孔.

用木

see styles
 youboku / yoboku
    ようぼく
timber; lumber; wood; (surname) Yōki

用材

see styles
 youzai / yozai
    ようざい
(1) materials; (2) lumber; timber

留め

see styles
 tome
    とめ
    todome
    とどめ
(n,suf) (1) (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); (2) remaining (e.g. poste-restante); (3) forty-five degree angle; finishing blow; clincher

真壁

see styles
 shinkabe
    しんかべ
(See 大壁) wall with exposed timber pillars; (p,s,f) Makabe

真竹

see styles
 madake; madake
    まだけ; マダケ
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (surname) Matake

立木

see styles
 tsuiki
    ついき
standing tree; standing timber; (surname) Tsuiki

粗木

see styles
 araki
    あらき
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber

素材

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sù cái
    su4 cai2
su ts`ai
    su tsai
 sozai
    そざい
source material (in literature and art)
(1) ingredient; (raw) material; resource; (2) unprocessed timber; raw timber; (3) subject matter; topic

縄墨

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 jouboku / joboku
    じょうぼく
standard; inked timber marking string

船板

see styles
 funaita
    ふないた
(ship or shipbuilding) timber or plank; (surname) Funaita

苦竹

see styles
kǔ zhú
    ku3 zhu2
k`u chu
    ku chu
 nigatake; kuchiku
    にがたけ; くちく
bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)
(1) (See 真竹) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) (にがたけ only) (See 女竹) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (place-name) Nigadake

荒木

see styles
 shinagawa
    しながわ
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber; (personal name) Shinagawa

角材

see styles
 kakuzai
    かくざい
squared timber; rectangular lumber

鋸木


锯木

see styles
jù mù
    ju4 mu4
chü mu
to saw timber

長手

see styles
 nagate
    ながて
(adj-no,n) (1) (See 長め) longish; moderately long; fairly long; (2) {archit} long side (of timber, etc.); (3) (archaism) long road; (place-name, surname) Nagate

陳化


陈化

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chén huà
    chen2 hua4
ch`en hua
    chen hua
to age; to mature (wine, timber etc)

風乾


风干

see styles
fēng gān
    feng1 gan1
feng kan
to air-dry; to season (timber etc); air-dried; air-drying

髓結


髓结

see styles
suǐ jié
    sui3 jie2
sui chieh
pith knot (in timber)

マダケ

see styles
 madake
    マダケ
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake

丸太材

see styles
 marutazai
    まるたざい
round timber

佉提羅


佉提罗

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qiā tí luó
    qia1 ti2 luo2
ch`ia t`i lo
    chia ti lo
 Kadaira
(佉提羅迦); 佉得羅柯; 佉陀羅; 朅地洛 (or朅地洛迦 or 朅達洛 or 朅達洛迦); 朅那里酤; 羯地羅; 可梨羅; 軻梨羅; Khadiraka, or Karavīka. One of the seven concentric ranges of a world; tr. by jambu timber, or wood; also by 空破 bare, unwooded. Its sea is covered with scented flowers, and in it are four islands. It is also a tree of the Acacia order.

切出す

see styles
 kiridasu
    きりだす
(transitive verb) (1) to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; (2) to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach; (3) to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); (4) to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out

割り材

see styles
 warizai
    わりざい
split log; split timber

国産材

see styles
 kokusanzai
    こくさんざい
domestic timber; domestically-produced lumber

木構造

see styles
 mokkouzou / mokkozo
    もっこうぞう
wooden construction; timber structure

森林狼

see styles
 shinrinookami; shinrinookami
    しんりんおおかみ; シンリンオオカミ
(kana only) timber wolf; lobo

正倉院


正仓院

see styles
zhēng cāng yuàn
    zheng1 cang1 yuan4
cheng ts`ang yüan
    cheng tsang yüan
 shousouin / shosoin
    しょうそういん
Shōsō-in, a timber structure in Nara, Japan, built to house hundreds of artifacts bequeathed to the Tōdai-ji temple by the Japanese emperor Shōmu, who died in 756
(place-name) Shōsōin (treasure house of Tōdai Temple in Nara)

立ち木

see styles
 tachiki
    たちき
standing tree; standing timber

筏流し

see styles
 ikadanagashi
    いかだながし
sending logs downstream bound together in rafts; floating bound timber downstream; timber rafting

金明竹

see styles
 kinmeichiku; kinmeichiku / kinmechiku; kinmechiku
    きんめいちく; キンメイチク
(See 真竹) Castillon bamboo (cultivar of Japanese timber bamboo, Phyllostachys bambusoides); (personal name) Kinmeitake

鋸木廠


锯木厂

see styles
jù mù chǎng
    ju4 mu4 chang3
chü mu ch`ang
    chü mu chang
saw mill; timber mill

間伐材

see styles
 kanbatsuzai
    かんばつざい
timber from forest thinning; thinned wood

順山倒


顺山倒

see styles
shùn shān dǎo
    shun4 shan1 dao3
shun shan tao
Timber! (lumberjack's warning call)

カラタケ

see styles
 karatake
    カラタケ
(1) (kana only) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

ひいて板

see styles
 hiiteban / hiteban
    ひいてばん
boards; cut timber

伐り出す

see styles
 kiridasu
    きりだす
(transitive verb) (1) to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; (2) to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out

切り出す

see styles
 kiridasu
    きりだす
(transitive verb) (1) to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; (2) to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach; (3) to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); (4) to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out

千本格子

see styles
 senbongoushi / senbongoshi
    せんぼんごうし
lattice of evenly spaced vertical timber bars (used in facades, etc.)

應縣木塔


应县木塔

see styles
yìng xiàn mù tǎ
    ying4 xian4 mu4 ta3
ying hsien mu t`a
    ying hsien mu ta
the timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple in Ying County, Shanxi, built in 1056 (Song dynasty)

木已成舟

see styles
mù yǐ chéng zhōu
    mu4 yi3 cheng2 zhou1
mu i ch`eng chou
    mu i cheng chou
lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom); fig. what is done cannot be undone

木材流送

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 mokuzairyuusou / mokuzairyuso
    もくざいりゅうそう
(See 筏流し) sending logs downstream bound together in rafts; floating bound timber downstream; timber rafting

森林地帯

see styles
 shinrinchitai
    しんりんちたい
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands

プレカット

see styles
 purekatto
    プレカット
pre-cut (e.g. of timber before taken to building site)

Variations:
川竹
河竹

see styles
 kawatake
    かわたけ
(1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (archaism) prostitute; the life of a prostitute

Variations:
幹竹
乾竹

see styles
 karatake; karatake
    からたけ; カラタケ
(1) (kana only) (See マダケ) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) (See ハチク) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

木造建築物

see styles
 mokuzoukenchikubutsu / mokuzokenchikubutsu
    もくぞうけんちくぶつ
wooden building; timber building

Variations:
留め
止め

see styles
 tome
    とめ
(n,suf) (1) (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); (n,suf) (2) remaining (e.g. poste-restante); (n,suf) (3) (留め only) forty-five degree angle

Variations:
割り材
割材

see styles
 warizai
    わりざい
(1) split log; split timber; (2) mixer (for an alcoholic drink)

Variations:
木(P)

see styles
 ki
    き
(1) tree; shrub; bush; (2) (木 only) wood; timber; (3) (木 only) (usu. written as 柝) wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

Variations:
積み木
積木

see styles
 tsumiki
    つみき
(1) wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; (2) piled timber; piling up wood

Variations:
立ち木
立木

see styles
 tachiki; ryuuboku(立木) / tachiki; ryuboku(立木)
    たちき; りゅうぼく(立木)
standing tree; standing timber

シンリンオオカミ

see styles
 shinrinookami
    シンリンオオカミ
(kana only) timber wolf; lobo

ハーフティンバー

see styles
 haafutinbaa / hafutinba
    ハーフティンバー
half-timber

国際熱帯木材機関

see styles
 kokusainettaimokuzaikikan
    こくさいねったいもくざいきかん
(org) International Tropical Timber Organization; (o) International Tropical Timber Organization

Variations:
木(P)

see styles
 ki
    き
(1) (木, 樹 only) tree; shrub; bush; (2) (木 only) wood; timber; (3) (木, 柝 only) wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

Variations:
荒木(P)
新木
粗木

see styles
 araki
    あらき
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber

Variations:
切り出す
切りだす
切出す
伐り出す
伐りだす
鑽り出す

see styles
 kiridasu
    きりだす
(transitive verb) (1) (切り出す, 切りだす, 切出す, 伐り出す, 伐りだす only) to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; (transitive verb) (2) (切り出す, 切りだす, 切出す only) to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach; (transitive verb) (3) (切り出す, 切りだす, 切出す, 鑽り出す only) to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); (transitive verb) (4) (切り出す, 切りだす, 切出す, 伐り出す, 伐りだす only) to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out

Variations:
挽き割り
挽割(sK)
挽きわり(sK)
挽割り(sK)
挽き割(sK)
ひき割り(sK)
ひき割(sK)

see styles
 hikiwari
    ひきわり
sawing lengthwise (timber, lumber)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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