| 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 grade 4
JLPT level N3
216 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 側 【ソク】 first principle of the Eight Principles of Yong, tiny dash or speck
- 側 【ソバ】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
- 最外側 【サイガイソク】 outermost (side)
- 体側 【タイソク】 side of a body
Kun reading compounds
- 側 【がわ】 side (of something, or taking someone's side), part, (watch) case
- 側板 【がわいた】 stringer, slanted staircase beam, side plate, side panel, side sheet
- 裏っかわ 【うらっかわ】 the reverse (side), back (side), other side, hidden side, behind the scenes
- 上っ側 【うわっかわ】 upper side, surface
- 側 【がわ】 side (of something, or taking someone's side), part, (watch) case
- 側板 【がわいた】 stringer, slanted staircase beam, side plate, side panel, side sheet
- 縁側 【えんがわ】 engawa, external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses, bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish), meat at the base of a fin
- 日本海側 【にほんかいがわ】 Sea of Japan seaboard
- 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
- 側泳 【そばえい】 side stroke
- お側 【おそば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, attendant, retainer, vassal
Readings
- Korean:
- cheug
Spanish
- lado
- fila
Portuguese
- lado
- inclinação
- opõe
- pesar
French
- côté
- pencher
- opposer
- regretter
| 667 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 562 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 535 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 240 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 509 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 538 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 330 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 609 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 619 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 809 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 119 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 155 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 105 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 120 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 984 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 897 | Morohashi |
| 137 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 275 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 975 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1049 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 280 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 571 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2143 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a9.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 2220.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5074 | Unicode hex code |