北 — kanji meaning “north”
北
north
- Meanings
- north
- On'yomi
- ホク (hoku)
- Kun'yomi
- きた
- Name readings
- きら、ほう、ほっ、ほつ
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #153 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 21
- Chinese reading
- běi — Chinese character page
Words with 北
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 北部 | ほくぶ hokubu | northern part; the north (of a region) |
| 北海道 | ほっかいどう hokkaidou | Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit) |
| 敗北 | はいぼく haiboku | defeat; loss; reverse |
| 南北 | なんぼく nanboku | north and south; north to south |
| 北朝鮮 | きたちょうせん kitachousen | North Korea |
| 北東 | ほくとう hokutou | northeast |
| 東北 | とうほく touhoku | north-east |
| 北西 | ほくせい hokusei | northwest |
| 北京 | ペキン pekin | Beijing (China); Peking |
| 北極 | ほっきょく hokkyoku | North Pole |
| 北陸 | ほくりく hokuriku | Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures) |
| 北方 | ほっぽう hoppou | the north; northward; northern direction |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.