北 – north

5 strokesTaught in grade 2#153 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 北 means north. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホク (hoku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is きた (kita). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 匕 (no. 21).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホク	hoku
Kun’yomi	きた	kita

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 匕 (Kangxi radical 21). Components: 匕・爿.

Words using 北

北きたnorth南北なんぼくnorth and south北極ほっきょくNorth Pole敗北はいぼくdefeat

Example sentences

船はまっすぐ北に向かっている。

The ship is bearing due north.

Tatoeba #141143

日本は南北に長い国です。

Japan is a very long country from north to south.

Tatoeba #122409

北極圏とは北極周辺の地域の事である。

The Arctic is the area round the North Pole.

Tatoeba #82423

Kanji with the same radical

化匙

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