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北

北 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “north”. It is built from 匕 (spoon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 480. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword
north
RTK frame
480
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ホク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
きた
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
север
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
北 north

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. prim-mirrored-spoon
  2. 匕 spoon

Characters that contain 北

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