Kanji1 / 5
北 kanji
north
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ホク
Kun readings
きた
Words with 北
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2南北Popularnorth and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
- N2北極PopularNorth Pole; the Arctic
- —東北Popularnorth-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
- —敗北Populardefeat; loss; reverse; setback
- —北緯Popularnorth latitude
- —北欧PopularNorthern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
- —北海Popularnorthern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
- —北上Populargoing north
- —北西Popularnorthwest
- —北端Popularnorthern extremity
- —北部Popularnorthern part; the north (of a region)
- —北米PopularNorth America
- —北方Popularthe north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
- —北陸PopularHokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
- —北東Popularnortheast
- —北北東Popularnorth-northeast; north-north-east
- —北海道PopularHokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
- —北極圏PopularArctic Circle; the Arctic
- —南北問題PopularNorth-South problem
- —北海道開発庁長官PopularDirector General of Hokkaido Development Agency