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North Back 北 ホク きた きら ほう ほっ

Kanji
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
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.

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade2, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_directions

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