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KanjiN5Grade 2 · 小25 strokesRadical 匕#153 in newspapers

北 · north

北 is a kanji meaning north. It has 5 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ホクhoku

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • きたkita

Practise the N5 kanji

In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 北 · 4 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 北
WordReadingMeaningLevel
北きたnorthN5
南北なんぼくsouth and northN2
北極ほっきょくNorth PoleN2
敗北はいぼくdefeat (as a verb it means 'to be defeated')N1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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