Kanji
北
kanji character
north
北 kanji-北 north
北
Meaning
north
Readings
Kun'yomi
- きた ちょうせん North Korea
- きた かぜ north wind
- きた がわ north side
On'yomi
- ほく ぶ northern part
- ほく せい northwest
- ほく とう northeast
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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北 north wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles -
南 北 north and south, north to south, South Korea and North Korea -
北 部 northern part, the north (of a region) -
北 西 northwest -
北 東 northeast -
北 京 Kyoto -
敗 北 defeat, loss, reverse... -
北 方 the north, northward, northern direction... -
東 北 north-east, Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu), Tohoku -
北 海 道 Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit) -
北 極 North Pole, the Arctic -
北 朝 鮮 North Korea -
北 風 north wind, northerly wind -
北 陸 Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures) -
北 側 north side, north bank -
敗 北 るto lose, to be defeated, to succumb... -
北 緯 north latitude -
北 欧 Northern Europe, Nordic countries, Scandinavia -
北 海 northern sea, North Sea, Hokkaido -
北 上 going north -
北 口 north entrance, north exit -
北 端 northern extremity -
北 国 northern country, northern provinces, northern regions... -
北 米 North America -
北 極 圏 Arctic Circle, the Arctic -
北 々東 north-northeast, north-north-east -
北 山 northern mountains, mountains to the north -
北 洋 northern waters -
北 北 東 north-northeast, north-north-east -
西 北 north-west