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εŒ—
JLPT N5 SL2 5 strokes Frequency: #153

Meanings

North

Radicals

εŒ•

Decomposition

βΏ°οΌŸεŒ•

Etymology

Pictographic: Two peopleΒ εŒ• sitting back-to-back; phonetic loan for "north"

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left
3 rising left-to-right
4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
5 curve right-to-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ホク hoku
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
きた kita

Words Using This Kanji

318 words total
Other (20 words)
ζ₯΅εŒ— きょくほく

extreme north

ηœŸεŒ— まきた

due north

ζ­£εŒ— せいほく

due north

θ₯ΏεŒ— せいほく

north-west

θ₯ΏεŒ—θ₯Ώ せいほくせい

west-northwest

ζ±εŒ— とうほく

north-east

東θ₯Ώε—εŒ— とうざいγͺんぼく

east, west, south and north

ζ±εŒ—δΊΊ γ¨γ†γ»γγ˜γ‚“

person from Tōhoku

ε—εŒ— γͺんぼく

north and south

ε—εΎεŒ—δΌ γͺんせいほくば぀

attacking in all directions

ε—εŒ—ζœ γͺんぼくけょう

Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392)

ε—θˆΉεŒ—ι¦¬ γͺんせんほくば

constant travelling

ε—εŒ—ζˆ¦δΊ‰ γͺんぼくせんそう

American Civil War (1861-1865)

ζ•—εŒ—ζ„Ÿ はいぼくかん

sense of defeat

ζ•—εŒ— はいぼく

defeat

εŒ—εŒ—ζ± ほくほくとう

north-northeast

εŒ—εŒ—ζ± ほくほくとう

north-northeast

εŒ—η·― ほくい

north latitude

εŒ—ε›žεΈ°η·š γγŸγ‹γ„γγ›γ‚“

Tropic of Cancer

θ―εŒ— かほく

North China

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