北

北 — north

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 5
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #153 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ほく hoku
Kun'yomi: きた kita

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 北

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