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北 きた north 5 153 5 21 さじ・さじのひ・さじづくり・ひ 会意 Compound Ideographic Warning: The left part is NOT the primitive turtle! The stroke order is different. Sometimes it will look exactly the same but not always depending on the font / style used to draw this character. Be sure to study the difference!

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ホク きら, ほう, ほっ, ほつ 北(きた): north南北(なんぼく): south and north敗北(はいぼく): (1) defeat (2) to be defeated北極(ほっきょく): (1) North Pole (2) the Arctic 2 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 匕 2 (none) north In the north, the weather is so cold that people are often seen sitting back to back to preserve warmth.

Kanji	北
Onyomi	ホク
Kunyomi	きた
Nanori	きら, ほう, ほっ, ほつ
English	north
Examples	北(きた): north 南北(なんぼく): south and north 敗北(はいぼく): (1) defeat (2) to be defeated 北極(ほっきょく): (1) North Pole (2) the Arctic
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	153
Components	匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
Number of Strokes	5
Kanji Radical	匕
Radical Number	21
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	さじ・さじのひ・さじづくり・ひ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	north
Koohii Story 1	Warning: The left part is NOT the primitive turtle! The stroke order is different. Sometimes it will look exactly the same but not always depending on the font / style used to draw this character. Be sure to study the difference!
Koohii Story 2	In the north, the weather is so cold that people are often seen sitting back to back to preserve warmth.

North Back 北 ホク きた きら ほう ほっ

North Back 北ホクきたきらほうほっ