北 is the Japanese kanji for north. It is written with 5 strokes and appears at JLPT level N5. Its kun reading is きた and its on reading is ホク.
Stroke order
Words with 北
- 南北north and south, north to south
- 北部northern part, the north (of a region)
- 北京Beijing (China), Peking
- 北東northeast
- 東北north-east
- 北方the north, northward, northern direction
Practice 北 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.