Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N5

153 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: north

Kunyomi: きた

Onyomi: ホク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さじ

Meaning: spoon

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

部(ほくぶ)   northern part

欧(ほくおう)   Northern Europe

(とうほく)   Touhoku

海道(ほっかいどう)   Hokkaido

する(はいぼくする)   be defeated

(なんぼく)   south and north

(きた)   north

風(きたかぜ)   north wind

半球(きたはんきゅう)   northern hemisphere

Onyomi Examples

ホクオウ Northern Europe, Nordic countries, Scandinavia

ホクイ north latitude

キョクホク extreme north, North Pole

西 セイホク north-west

Kunyomi Examples

きた north, the North, northern territories, North Korea, north wind

アイルランド きたアイルランド Northern Ireland

西 せいほく north-west