In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 1,369 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

木 is also the 64th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with its alternative form 朩 being its associated indexing component.

In the Chinese Wu Xing ("Five Phases"), 木 represents the element Wood.

As an isolated character it is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.

[1] It is present in the name of Japan (日本, Nippon) meaning "Origin of the Sun".