Kanji
N5 5 strokes Grade 2 freq #153

north

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

spoon hi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Beijing (China); Peking
north-east
north and south; north to south
the north; northward
northern part; the north (of a region)
northeast
defeat; loss
Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
northwest

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

north
North Korea
north side; north bank
Northern Ireland
north entrance; north exit

Example sentences

We turned left at the corner and drove north.

Hokkaido lies in the north of Japan.

I am going to Hokkaido in the summer.

I wanted to live in Hokkaido, but I couldn't.