Kanji 北
5 strokes
Meaning
north
- On'yomi
- ホク
- Kun'yomi
- きた
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 匕 spoon (21)
- JLPT
- N5
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Kanken
- 9級
- Frequency
- #153 / 2500
Themes: Directions & Position, Cardinal Directions
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Example sentences
北京から来ました。
I come from Beijing.
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