木 Home·Characters·木 Character · Nature 木 き ki tree, wood Composition 1234 Origin Pictogram of a tree: trunk, spreading branches and roots. Proverbs carrying this character 010 猿も木から落ちる Even monkeys fall from trees. Related characters 新new末tip, end本root, origin朱vermilion, scarlet朶drooping branch, cluster机desk, table材timber, material村village亀turtle光light兎hare, rabbit叢thicket, clump咲to bloom土earth, soil