Kanji: 北

    • Meaning : north
    • ON reading : ホク
    • KUN reading : きた
    • Nanori : きら,ほう,ほっ,ほつ
    • Stroke count : 5
    • Frequency of use ranking : 153
    • Jouyou grade level : 2
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • - さいほく - northernmost
  • - ほっきょくてん - North Pole
  • - さいほく - northernmost
  • - いほく - north of/and northward
  • - かほく - North China
  • - きょくほく - extreme north/north pole
  • - ペキンりょうり - Beijing cuisine
  • - ほっかいどうけん | ほっかいどういぬ - Hokkaido dog/dog breed native to Hokkaido
  • - ほくそう - Northern Song (dynasty of China)
  • - ほくぎ - Northern Wei (dynasty of China; 386-534 CE)
  • - きゅうほっく - Palearctic (region)/Palaearctic
  • - ぜんほっく | ぜんほくく - Holarctic (region)
  • - ほっぽうせんそう - Great Northern War (Sweden vs. Russia, Poland, Denmark, Saxony and Hanover: 1700-1721)
  • - しんほっく - Nearctic (region)
  • - ぎしんなんぼくちょうじだい - Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties period (220-589 CE)
  • - まきた - due north
  • - ほっぽうじんしゅ - Nordic race
  • - せいほく - due north
  • 西西 - せいほくせい - west-northwest
  • 西 - せいほく - north-west
  • - ほくてき - northern barbarians (used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north)
  • - きたきつね | キタキツネ - Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)
  • - とうほくべん - Tohoku dialect
  • 西 - とうざいなんぼく - east, west, south and north
  • - きたぞうあざらし - northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
  • - とうほく | ひがしきた - north-east | Northern most six prefectures of Honshu
  • - とうほくじん - Northeastener
  • - きたきゅうしゅう - Kitakyushu (city)
  • - なんぼく - south and north
  • - なんせいほくばつ - attacking in all directions
  • - なんぼくせんそう - (US) Civil War
  • - なんせんほくば - constant travelling/constant traveling/being on the move/restless wandering
  • - なんぼくちょう - Northern and Southern Dynasties (in Japan: 1336-1392 CE, in China: 420-581 CE)
  • - きたまえぶね - cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period
  • - はいぼくかん - sense of defeat
  • - はいぼく - defeat | to be defeated
  • - だっぽくしゃ - people who have successfully fled from North Korea/North Korean defectors
  • - ほっぽうぶっきょう - Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)
  • - だっぽく - successfully fleeing from North Korea
  • ダック - ペキンダック - Peking duck
  • | - ほくほくとう - north-north-east/nor-nor-east
  • カリフォルニア - ほくカリフォルニア - Northern California
  • - ほくおうじん - Northern European/Norsemen/Scandinavian
  • - ほっかいどう - Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
  • り - きたより - northerly (wind)/from the north
  • - ほっきょく - North Pole
  • - ほっきょくこう - northern lights/aurora borealis
  • - きたぐち - north entrance
  • - ほっこう - northern suburbs
  • - ほくしじへん - the Marco Polo Bridge Incident
  • - ほくしんじへん - North China Incident/Boxer Uprising
  • 西 - きたたいせいよう - North Atlantic
  • - ほくちょう - Northern Dynasty
  • - ほくとせい - the Great Bear/the Great Dipper/Ursa Major
  • - ほくべい - North America
  • - ほっぽう - northern (district)/northward
  • - きたもん - north gate
  • - きた - north
  • アメリカ - きたアメリカ - North America
  • - ほくおうしょこく - northern countries/Scandinavian countries
  • - ほっかい - northern sea/North Sea
  • 沿いに - ほくがんぞいに - along the north coast/along the northern sea shore
  • - ほっきょう - northern boundary
  • - ほっきょくけん - Arctic Circle
  • - ほっこう - northern lights
  • - ほっこう - northbound/sailing north
  • - ほくし - North China
  • - ほくしん - proceeding north
  • - ほくせん - North Korea
  • - ほくたん - northern extremity
  • - ほくとしちせい - the Great Bear/the Great Dipper/Ursa Major
  • - ほくぶ - north/northern part
  • - ほくへん - northern extremity
  • - ほくめん - north face/north side/the north/facing north
  • - ほくれい - northern mountain/Mt. Hiei
  • アイルランド - きたアイルランド - Northern Ireland
  • - ほくおう - Northern Europe/land of the Norsemen/Scandinavia
  • - きたかいきせん - Tropic of Cancer
  • - ほくがん - north coast/north bank
  • - ぺきんご - Mandarin Chinese
  • - ほっきょくぐま - polar bear
  • - ほっきょくよう - Arctic Ocean
  • - ほっこう - sailing north
  • - きたやま - northern hill
  • - ほくじょう - going north
  • 西 - ほくせいこうろ - Northwest Passage
  • - ほくしん - North-Star
  • - ほくてん - northern sky
  • - きたはんきゅう - northern hemisphere
  • - ほくべいどじん - American Indian/native American
  • - ほくまん - North Manchuria
  • - ほくりく - region west of Tokyo on Japan Sea side of Japan
  • - きたのかた - nobleman's true wife/facing the north
  • - ほくい - north latitude
  • ろし - きたおろし - cold wind from the northern uplands
  • - ほっかいどうかいはつちょうちょうかん - Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency
  • - ぺきん - Beijing (China)/Peking
  • - ほっきょくかい - Arctic Ocean
  • - ほっきょくせい - Polaris/north star
  • き - きたむき - facing north/northern exposure
  • - ほっこくじん - northerner
  • け - きたうけ - facing the north
  • 西 - ほくせい - northwest
  • 西 - きたたいせいようじょうやく - North Atlantic Treaty
  • - きたちょうせん - North Korea
  • - ほくはん - northern half
  • - ほくべいがっしゅうこく - the United States of America
  • - きたまくら - lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping) | brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata)
  • - ほくよう - northern waters
  • | - おきなわほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじん | おきなわ・ほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじん - State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
  • - きたちょうせんじん - North Korean person
  • - ほくひょうよう | ほっぴょうよう - Arctic Ocean
  • - ほくとう | きたひがし - northeast
  • - きたぐに | ほっこく - northern provinces/northern countries
  • - きたかぜ | ほくふう - north wind
  • - きたがわ | ほくそく - north side/north bank
  • む | ほくそむ - ほくそえむ - to chuckle/to snicker
  • 西 | 西 - ほくほくせい - north-northwest
  • - ほっこくあかえび - sweet shrimp (prawn)
  • - ほくてき - barbarians to the north (from Chinese)
  • - きたたま - (sumo) era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
  • - きたたまじだい - (sumo) era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
  • | ホッキ - ホッキかい | ほっきがい - Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
  • - たいざんほくと - a great authority
  • - きたごち - northeasterly wind
  • - ほっぽうりょうど - the Northern Territories
  • - ほくりくちほう - Hokuriku region of Honshu (inc. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
  • - きたたいへいよう - the North Pacific
  • - ほくげん - northern limit
  • - ほくおうしんわ - Norse mythology
  • - ほくようぎょぎょう - northern-sea fisheries
  • - なんぼくちょうじだい - period of the northern and southern dynasties (in China, 5th-6th c. CE in Japan, 1336-92)
  • - なんぼくもんだい - North-South problem
  • - とうほくとう - east-northeast/ENE
  • - はいぼくしゅぎ - defeatism
  • - さいほくたん - northernmost tip (of country)
  • りの - きたよりのかぜ - northerly wind
  • いた - きたにむいたまど - window to the north
  • - ほくへき - northern cliff
  • - らほく - compass north
  • - ほくばく - bombing North (Vietnam)