北

北

北	Meanings: north On Readings: ホク hoku Kun Readings: きた kita Most Used Pronunciation: kita JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 匕 Stroke Number: 5

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Common jukugo
南北戦争 - なん　ぼく　せん　そう nan boku sen sou - Civil War (war of north and south)
北海道 - ほっかいどう hokkaido - Hokkaido (northern Japanese island)

Useful Examples
Japanese: 台風１１号は、毎時２０キロメートルの速さで北上中です。
Romaji: taifuu 11 gou wa, maiji 20 kirome-toru no hayasa de hokujouchuu desu.
English: Typhoon No.11 is moving up north at twenty kilometers per hour.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
It looks like 2 people sitting with their backs against the north pole

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.