Entry
  1. Noun

    lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)

  2. brown-lined puffer (Canthigaster rivulata)

    Usually written using kana alone

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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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
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pillow

Kun
まくら
On
チンシン
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2084 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (19)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4a4.8The Kanji Dictionary
4491.2Four corner code
1857deroo
6795Unicode hex code
1-43-77JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2209Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2589New Nelson (John Haig)
1064Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
759Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2472Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2034Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
627Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1900Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14546Morohashi
965Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
zhen3, zhen4Pinyin reading
chimKorean reading
30WaniKani level