朴 means “simple, unadorned, naive”

ぼく · boku

Also: crude, plain, docile

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): ほう, ほお, えのき
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ボク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 6 strokes

The story

A tree (木) with a single mark (卜): wood left unworked, a sense 朴 took over from 樸. 素朴 is simple and unadorned, a 素朴な疑問 is an honest, naive question, and in the Hida mountains miso is grilled on a big 朴 magnolia leaf.

Used in 素朴 (soboku, simple/naive), 純朴 (junboku, simple-hearted), and 朴訥 (bokutotsu, simple and reticent)

朴 means “simple, unadorned, naive”

The story

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