Kanji
朴
N1
6 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1626
crude, simple, plain, docile
On'yomi (音読み)
ボク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
ほう、 ほお、 えのき
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
素朴
そぼく
simple; artless
純朴
じゅんぼく
simple and honest; unsophisticated
浜朴
ハマボウ
hardy yellow hibiscus (Hibiscus hamabo)
質朴
しつぼく
simple (and honest); simple-hearted
素朴派
そぼくは
naïve art; naivism
朴伴
ぼくはん
Camellia japonica 'Bokuhan' (cultivar of common camellia)
厚朴
こうぼく
Japanese bigleaf magnolia bark (used in Chinese medicine)
素朴実在論
そぼくじつざいろん
naive realism
単純素朴
たんじゅんそぼく
plain and simple; naive
朴訥
ぼくとつ
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
朴歯
ほおば
geta supports made out of magnolia wood; geta with these supports
朴
ほお
Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
朴葉味噌
ほおばみそ
magnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi
朴の木
ほおのき
magnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese big leaf magnolia
Example sentences
素朴（そぼく）な疑問（ぎもん）なんだけど、・・・トラとライオンはどっちが強（つよ）いの？
This may be a silly question, but which is stronger - a tiger or a lion?