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> 木【き】や紙【かみ】でできたストローが、当【あ】たり前【まえ】の時代【じだい】がすぐそこにやってきている

_The era when straws made of wood or paper will be the norm is just around the
corner._

<https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/340720>

I am aware of the words

木造【もくぞう】 wooden

木製【もくせい】 wooden

and of course 木曜日【もくようび】 "wood-day" (Thursday)

but j-talk.com produced the reading 木【き】 for the sentence above. Is it
correct?
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readings multiple-readings
Is "made of wood" 木【き】 or 木【もく】 here?
Generally difference in reading does not imply that of meaning. 木 means
something related to trees regardless of how it is read.

If it appears just by itself (i.e. as 木 without any preceding or following
kanji), it should be read き.

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FYI: 木材 is commonly もくざい, but
[きざい](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E6%9C%A8%E6%9D%90_%28%E3%81%8D%E3%81%96%E3%81%84%29/#jn-51534)
seems acceptable as well.
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Apparently 木（モク） is a jargon and can be used by architects and other
professionals related to the field, presumably to make it less ambiguous.

<https://a-a-o.net/20120208/>

> 現場は木（モク）の迫力ある光景です。

<https://dlisv03.media.osaka-
cu.ac.jp/contents/osakacu/kiyo/111H0000010-2-07.pdf>

> 木（モク）でも、耐火性能が高い、不燃材扱いのものがありますね。

For the vast majority of cases 木 as a material and as a non-compound word is
read き. Stories written by journalists like this one would be among them.
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