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
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 北きた | きた | north | N5 |
| 南北なんぼく | なんぼく | south and north | N2 |
| 北極ほっきょく | ほっきょく | North Pole | N2 |
| 敗北はいぼく | 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.
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