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
- —北清事変Boxer Rebellion (1889-1901); North China Incident
- —北西航路Northwest Passage (sea route along the north coast of Canada)
- —北斗七星the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
- —北米土人American Indian; native American
- —北方領土Southern Kuril Islands (administered by Russia, claimed by Japan); Northern Territories
- —北欧神話Norse mythology
- —北洋漁業northern-sea fisheries
- —北陸地方Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
- —敗北主義defeatism
- —泰山北斗great authority; eminent person; luminary; Mount Tai and the Big Dipper
- —北方仏教Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)
- —北方人種Nordic race
- —北方戦争Great Northern War (1700-1721)
- —北海道犬Hokkaido (dog breed); Ainu dog
- —北洋軍閥Beiyang Army
- —北米大陸North American continent
- —北東航路Northeast Passage (sea route along the north coast of Russia)
- —東北地方Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
- —北方四島the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
- —東北日本northeast Japan (northeast of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)