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
- —東北大学Tohoku University
- —東北電力Tōhoku Electric Power
- —北海道庁Hokkaido Prefectural Office
- —北部同盟Legan Lombarda; northern-based opposition alliance; Northern Alliance
- —北陸大学Hokuriku University
- —北陸電力Hokuriku Electrical Power
- —北洋銀行North Pacific Bank
- —北翔大学Hokusho University
- —北斗の拳Fist of the North Star (manga series and media franchise; written by Buronson and illustrated by Hara Tetsuo)
- —北欧会議Nordic Council
- —北岸沿いにalong the north coast; along the northern sea shore
- —北米合衆国United States of America
- —北国赤海老northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp; northern pink prawn; red shrimp; Maine shrimp
- —南北朝時代Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th centuries CE)
- —北庭都護府Protectorate General of Beiting (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE)
- —敗北主義者defeatist
- —北方真獣類Boreoeutheria (clade of placental mammals); Boreotheria; boreoeutherians
- —北方限界線Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea
- —北海道方言Hokkaido dialect
- —北東アジアNortheast Asia