KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 北

きら,
ホク, きた, ほう, ほっ, ほつ
north
This kanji has 5 strokes: 2 strokes in the "ladle" radical (さじのひ) and 3 other strokes
Sample Compounds (148):
1.

ほくい

north latitude
2.

ほくおう

Northern Europe, land of the Norsemen, Scandinavia
3.

ほっきょくけん

Arctic Circle
4.

ほくとう

northeast
5.

ほくじょう

going north
6.

ほくほくとう

north-north-east, nor-nor-east
7.

なんぼく

south and north
8.
西
ほくせい

northwest
9.

ほっかい

northern sea, North Sea
10.

ほっかいどう

Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
11.

なんぼくもんだい

North-South problem
12.

ほっかいどうかいはつちょうちょうかん

Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency
13.

はいぼく

defeat (as a verb it means ''to be defeated'')
14.

ほくぶ

north, northern part
15.

きたがわ

north side, north bank
16.

きたぐち

north entrance
17.

ほくりく

region west of Tokyo on Japan Sea side of Japan
18.

きたかぜ

north wind
19.

きた

North
20.

たいぺい

Taipei
21.

ぺきん

Beijing (China), Peking
22.

きたぐに

northern provinces, northern countries
23.

ほくたん

northern extremity
24.
アイルランド
きたアイルランド

Northern Ireland
25.

きたちょうせん

North Korea
26.

とうほく

north-east, Northern most six prefectures of Honshu
27.

ほっきょく

North Pole
28.

ほっぽう

northern (district), northward
29.
カリフォルニア
ほくカリフォルニア

Northern California
30.

きたちょうせんじん

(sens) North Korean person
31.

ひがしきた

north-east
32.

きたやま

northern hill
33.

いほく

north of, and northward
34.

ほっきょくかい

Arctic Ocean
35.

ほっぽうじんしゅ

Nordic race
36.

ほくてん

northern sky
37.

とうほくじん

Northeastener
38.

ほくし

North China
39.

おきなわおよびほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじん

State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
40.

ほっきょくぐま

polar bear
41.

ほっぽうせんそう

Great Northern War (Sweden vs. Russia, Poland, Denmark, Saxony and Hanover: 1700-1721)
42.

ほくとしちせい

the Great Bear, the Great Dipper, Ursa Major
43.

とうほくとう

east-northeast, ENE
44.

ほくしじへん

the Marco Polo Bridge Incident
45.

おきなわおよびほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじん

State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
46.

ほっぽうぶっきょう

Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)
47.

ほくおうしょこく

northern countries, Scandinavian countries
48.

ほくとせい

the Great Bear, the Great Dipper, Ursa Major
49.

とうほくべん

Tohoku dialect
50.

きたうけ

facing the north
51.

かほく

North China
52.

ほっきょくこう

northern lights, aurora borealis
53.

ほっぽうりょうど

the Northern Territories
54.

ほくおうしんわ

Norse mythology
55.

きたひがし

northeast
56.

なんせいほくばつ

attacking in all directions
57.

きたぞうあざらし

northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
58.

きゅうほっく

Palearctic (region), Palaearctic
59.

ほっきょくせい

Polaris, north star
60.
西
ほくほくせい

north-northwest
61.

ほくおうじん

Northern European, Norsemen, Scandinavian
62.

なんせんほくば

constant travelling, constant traveling, being on the move, restless wandering
63.

きょくほく

extreme north, north pole
64.

ほっきょくよう

Arctic Ocean
65.

ほくてき

barbarians to the north (from Chinese)
66.

きたごち

northeasterly wind
67.

ほくしん

proceeding north
68.

さいほくたん

northernmost tip (of country)
69.

きたたま

(sumo) era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
70.

きたまくら

turning the head to the north in sleeping
71.
ろし
きたおろし

cold wind from the northern uplands
72.

ほくばく

bombing North (Vietnam)
73.

なんぼくせんそう

(US) Civil War
74.

ほくしんじへん

North China Incident, Boxer Uprising
75.

しんほっく

Nearctic (region)
76.

きたたまじだい

(sumo) era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
77.

ほくまん

North Manchuria
78.

きたかいきせん

Tropic of Cancer
79.

ほくはん

northern half
80.

なんぼくちょう

Northern and Southern Dynasties (1336-1392)
81.

まきた

due north
82.

きたきゅうしゅう

Kitakyushu (city)
83.

ほくめん

north face, north side, the north, facing north
84.

きたはんきゅう

northern hemisphere
85.

なんぼくちょうじだい

period of the northern and southern dynasties (in China, 5th-6th c. CE in Japan, 1336-92)
86.
西
ほくせいこうろ

Northwest Passage
87.

せいほく

due north
88.

ほくげん

northern limit
89.

きたもん

north gate
90.

ほくひょうよう

Arctic Ocean
91.

ほくせん

(sens) North Korea
92.
西
せいほく

north-west
93.

きたきつね

Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)
94.

ほくよう

northern waters
95.

ほっぴょうよう

Arctic Ocean
96.

きたまえぶね

cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period
97.
西西
せいほくせい

west-northwest
98.

ほっこう

northern lights
99.

ほくようぎょぎょう

northern-sea fisheries
100.

ほくがん

north coast, north bank
101.

はいぼくかん

sense of defeat
102.

ぜんほくく

Holarctic (region)
103.
沿いに
ほくがんぞいに

along the north coast, along the northern sea shore
104.

ほくぶじゅんしゅう

Northern Territory (Australia)
105.

はいぼくしゅぎ

defeatism
106.

ほくそく

north side, north bank
107.

ぜんほっく

Holarctic (region)
108.

きたむき

facing north, northern exposure
109.

ほくりくちほう

Hokuriku region of Honshu (inc. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
110.

きたより

northerly (wind), from the north
111.

きたたいへいよう

the North Pacific
112.

たいざんほくと

a great authority
113.

ほっこう

sailing north
114.

ほくれい

northern mountain, Mt. Hiei
115.
りの
きたよりのかぜ

northerly wind
116.

ほくふう

north wind
117.
西
ほくほくせい

north-northwest
118.
西
きたたいせいよう

North Atlantic
119.

ほっこう

northbound, sailing north
120.

ほくそえむ

to chuckle, to snicker
121.

ほっきがい

Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
122.

ほくべい

North America
123.

ほくほくとう

north-north-east, nor-nor-east
124.
西
きたたいせいようじょうやく

North Atlantic Treaty
125.

たいほく

Taipei
126.

ほっこう

northern suburbs
127.

ほくてき

(derog) northern barbarians (used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north)
128.

ほくべいがっしゅうこく

the United States of America
129.
いた
きたにむいたまど

window to the north
130.

ほくしん

North-Star
131.

だっぽく

sucessfully fleeing from North Korea
132.

ほくぎ

Northern Wei (dynasty of China; 386-534 CE)
133.
ダック
ペキンダック

Peking duck
134.

ほくべいどじん

American Indian, native American
135.

きたのかた

nobleman''s true wife, facing the north
136.

だっぽくしゃ

people who have sucessfully fled from North Korea, North Korean defectors
137.

ほっこく

northern provinces, northern countries
138.

らほく

compass north
139.

ぺきんご

Mandarin Chinese
140.

ほくへき

northern cliff
141.

ほくちょう

Northern Dynasty
142.
西
とうざいなんぼく

east, west, south and north
143.

ほっこくじん

northerner
144.

ぎしんなんぼくちょうじだい

Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties period (220-589 CE)
145.

ほっきょう

northern boundary
146.

ほくへん

northern extremity
147.
アメリカ
きたアメリカ

North America
148.

ほっこくあかえび

sweet shrimp (prawn)

Kuten Code: 4344
EUC Code: cbcc
Shift-JIS Code: 96ca
JIS Code: 4b4c
Unicode: 5317
Radical Index: 21
Frequency Rank: 153
Jouyou Grade: 2
DeRoo Code: 1256
Four Corner code: 1111.0
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 197
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 751
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 581
"Japanese For Busy People" Index: 2.20
"The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power" Index: 282
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 231
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 224
"Kanji in Context" Index: 42
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 147
"Essential Kanji" Index: 156
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 139
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 115
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 0a5.5
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 73
Morohashi Index: 2574
Morohashi Volume.Page: 2.442
Gakken Index: 205
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 103
"Japanese Names" Index: 445
Korean Readings: bug, bae
Pinyin: bei3

Radical Index : : 北

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