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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)
εŒ—ι™Έι“ γ»γγ‚Šγγ©γ†

Hokurikudō

εŒ—θ΅€ι“ζ΅·ζ΅ γγŸγ›γγ©γ†γ‹γ„γ‚Šγ‚…γ†

North Equatorial Current

εŒ—θ₯Ώιƒ¨ ほくせいぢ

northwestern part

εŒ—ζ±ιƒ¨ ほくとうぢ

northeastern part

εŒ—γ™γ‚‹ γγŸγ™γ‚‹

to go north

εŒ—θ» ほくぐん

northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)

εŒ—εΎ ほくせい

northern expedition

εŒ—ζ΅·ι“δΊΊ γ»γ£γ‹γ„γ©γ†γ˜γ‚“

person from Hokkaido

ζ΅·εŒ—ζ΄Ύ かいほうは

Kaihō school (of Japanese painting)

εŒ—ιƒ½ ほくと

Kyoto

εŒ—ζ–Ήθ©± ほっぽうわ

Northern Chinese

εŒ—θΆŠζˆ¦δΊ‰ γ»γγˆγ€γ›γ‚“γγ†

Battle of Hokuetsu (1868)

εŒ—ζ¬§ε­¦ζ΄Ύ γ»γγŠγ†γŒγγ―

Stockholm school

εŒ—γ‚’γƒ•γƒͺγ‚« γγŸγ‚’γƒ•γƒͺγ‚«

North Africa

εŒ—γ‚ͺセチを きたγ‚ͺセチを

North Ossetia (Russia)

ε—εŒ—γ‚’γƒ‘γƒͺγ‚« γͺんぼくをパγƒͺγ‚«

North and South America

εŒ—ι€¨ γγŸγ‹γ‚“

northern annex

εŒ—δΌ ほくば぀

Northern Expedition (China; 1926-1928)

εŒ—ε…₯ル γγŸγ„γ‚‹

above

ηœŒεŒ— けんほく

northern part of a prefecture

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