| 139 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 224 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 205 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 103 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 751 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 156 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 24 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 138 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 73 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 73 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 42 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 231 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 230 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 147 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 176 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 454 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2574 | Morohashi |
| 197 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 581 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 445 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 480 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 282 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 115 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
153 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 北欧 【ホクオウ】 Northern Europe, Nordic countries, Scandinavia
- 北緯 【ホクイ】 north latitude
- 極北 【キョクホク】 extreme north, North Pole
- 西北 【セイホク】 north-west
Kun reading compounds
- 北 【きた】 north, the North, northern territories, North Korea, north wind
- 北アイルランド 【きたアイルランド】 Northern Ireland
- 西北 【せいほく】 north-west
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きら、 ほう、 ほっ、 ほつ
- Korean:
- bug, bae
Spanish
- Norte
- huir
- perder
Portuguese
- norte
French
- nord
| 1256 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 1111.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5317 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1816 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 伐木 【バツボク】 felling, logging
- 間伐 【カンバツ】 periodic thinning (e.g. forest)
- 乱伐 【ランバツ】 reckless deforestation, overcutting of forests
Kun reading compounds
- 伐る 【きる】 to cut down (e.g. trees)
- 討つ 【うつ】 to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge
Readings
- Korean:
- beol
Spanish
- talar
- cortar
- atacar
- golpear
Portuguese
- Derrotado
- bater
- ataque
- punir
French
- abattre
- frapper
- attaquer
- punir
| 1707 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1990 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 370 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1535 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1040 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1509 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1610 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1422 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 70 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 46 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 26 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 27 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1003 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 439 | Morohashi |
| 42 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 132 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 994 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1069 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1058 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2159 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 2325.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f10 | Unicode hex code |