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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—ιƒ¨ ほくぢ

northern part

εŒ—ζ–Ή ほっぽう

the north

εŒ—ι™Έ γ»γγ‚Šγ

Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

εŒ—ι–€ γγŸγ‚‚γ‚“

north gate

εŒ—ι’¨ γγŸγ‹γœ

north wind

εŒ—ε›½ きたぐに

northern country

εŒ—ε΄ γγŸγŒγ‚

north side

εŒ—ζ°·ζ΄‹ γ»γγ²γ‚‡γ†γ‚ˆγ†

Arctic Ocean

εŒ—ζ± ほくとう

northeast

εŒ—εŒ—θ₯Ώ ほくほくせい

north-northwest

εŒ—εŒ—θ₯Ώ ほくほくせい

north-northwest

εŒ—ε›½θ΅€ζ΅·θ€ γ»γ£γ“γγ‚γ‹γˆγ³

northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

εŒ—ζ΄‹ζΌζ₯­ γ»γγ‚ˆγ†γŽγ‚‡γŽγ‚‡γ†

northern-sea fisheries

εŒ—ε€ͺεΉ³ζ΄‹ γγŸγŸγ„γΈγ„γ‚ˆγ†

North Pacific

εŒ—ι™Έεœ°ζ–Ή γ»γγ‚Šγγ‘γ»γ†

Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

εŒ—ι™ ほくげん

northern limit (esp. of the distribution of a plant or animal)

εŒ—ζ¬§η₯žθ©± γ»γγŠγ†γ—γ‚“γ‚

Norse mythology

εŒ—ζ–Ήι ˜εœŸ γ»γ£γ½γ†γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†γ©

Southern Kuril Islands (administered by Russia, claimed by Japan)

ε—εŒ—ζœζ™‚δ»£ γͺγ‚“γΌγγ‘γ‚‡γ†γ˜γ γ„

Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392)

θ―εŒ— かほく

North China

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