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
- —北周Northern Zhou dynasty (of China; 557-581); Northern Chou dynasty
- —洛北north of the capital; northern part of Kyoto
- —真北true north; geodetic north
- —北送sending to North Korea; sending north
- —北家Hokke (northern branch of the Fujiwara clan, Heian period)
- —北軍northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)
- —北征northern expedition; military campaign to the north
- —北都Kyoto
- —北京Kyoto
- —北麓northern foot (of a mountain)
- —北伐Northern Expedition (China; 1926-1928)
- —県北northern part of a prefecture
- —北大Hokkaido University (abbr)
- —北斗Hokuto; BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
- —西北西west-northwest
- —東北人person from Tōhoku; Tōhokuite
- —南北朝Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
- —敗北感sense of defeat
- —北欧人Nordic person; Scandinavian; Northern European
- —北極海Arctic Ocean