Kanji
N2 8 strokes Grade 3 freq #926

plank, board, plate, stage

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

tree ki

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

signboard; sign
taking the mound; pitching a game
Panmunjom (Korea); Panmunjeom
steel sheet; steel plate
iron plate; steel plate
blackboard
leaving the mound; being knocked out
deck (of a ship)
veneer board; plywood
sheet copper

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

board; plank
plate glass; sheet glass
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook
thin board; veneer
standing signboard; billboard
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people)
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
boarding; wooden floor

Example sentences

I am near-sighted, so I cannot make out what is written on that signboard.

Let's set up a sign here.

He upped one end of the plank.

Boards are used to make floors.