北

common

ホク/HOKU/    きた/kita/HOKU/ホク/    kita/きた/

north

Radical: 匕 (spoon).   Strokes: 5画.   Elements: 匕爿.   Pinyin: běi.   Hangul: 북 [bug] 배 [bae].   Nanori: きら / ほう / ほっ / ほつkira / hō / ho' / hotsu.

Jōyō Kanji 2nd Grade.   JLPT N5.

Example compounds:
ホクHOKU極北【きょくほくkyokuhoku】extreme north; North Pole
北北東【ほくほくとうhokuhokutō】north-north-east; nor-nor-east
西北西【せいほくせいseihokusei】west-northwest
きたkita北寄り【きたよりkitayori】northerly (wind); from the north
北向き【きたむきkitamuki】facing north; northern exposure
北アメリカ【きたアメリカkitaamerika】North America
Codepoints and classification codes:
5317–Unicode
43-44–JIS X 0208
1-3-2–SKIP
0a5.5–TKD
1111.0–Four Corner
1256–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
751–Classic Nelson
581–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
197–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
147–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
445–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
103–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
138–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
156–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
2574–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 442
205–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
73–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
139–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
24–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
224–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
115–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
282–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
42–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
2.20–Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
231–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
454–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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