EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    the north; northward; northern direction

    北海道は仙台の北方にある。
    Hokkaido is to the north of Sendai.
  2. Noun

    northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

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Characters in this word

2
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north

Kun
きた
On
ホク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
153 of 2500
Radical
spoon
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

きらほうほっほつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-2SKIP code
0a5.5The Kanji Dictionary
1111.0Four corner code
1256deroo
5317Unicode hex code
1-43-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
751Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
581New Nelson (John Haig)
197New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
230Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
147Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
176Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
445Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
480Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
103A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
138Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
156Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2574Morohashi
205A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
73Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
73Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
139sakade
24Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
224henshall3
115Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
282crowley
42Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.20busy_people
231Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
454Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei3Pinyin reading
bug, baeKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

direction, person, alternative

Kun
かた-かた-がた
On
ホウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
46 of 2500
Radical
square
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

からなたふさまさみち

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-2, 3-3-1SKIP code
4h0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0022.7Four corner code
445deroo
65b9Unicode hex code
1-42-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2082Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2389New Nelson (John Haig)
1963New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2459Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1243Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1709Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
490Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
529Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
28A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
85Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
26Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13620Morohashi
204A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
70Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
70Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
138sakade
182Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
223henshall3
102Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
25crowley
43Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
957Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
501Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fang1Pinyin reading
bangKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level