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北辰一刀流 (hokushin'ittouryuu)

Romaji: hokushin'ittouryuu

Meaning

  1. Hokushin Ittō-ryū (school of swordsmanship founded by Chiba Shūsaku ca. 1820) (MA)

Kanji and stroke order

north
on: ホク
kun: きた
5 strokes · JLPT 4
sign of the dragon, 7-9AM, fifth sign of Chinese zodiac
on: シン、ジン
kun: たつ
7 strokes · JLPT 1
one, one radical (no.1)
on: イチ、イツ
kun: ひと-、ひと.つ
1 strokes · JLPT 4
sword, saber, knife
on: トウ
kun: かたな、そり
2 strokes · JLPT 1
current, a sink, flow
on: リュウ、ル
kun: なが.れる、なが.れ、なが.す、-なが.す
10 strokes · JLPT 2

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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