Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
spoon
Parts:
north
Kun:
きた
On:
ホク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
153 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei3
Korean:
bug, bae

Spanish

  • Norte
  • huir
  • perder

Portuguese

  • norte

French

  • nord
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)
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

8 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
mount, hill, knoll
Kun:
おか
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
463 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 岡陵 【コウリョウ】 hill

Kun reading compounds

  • 丘 【おか】 hill, height, knoll, rising ground, bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
  • 岡三 【おかさん】 Okasan
  • 盛岡 【もりおか】 Morioka (city in Iwate)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • monte
  • colina
  • cima de una colina

Portuguese

French

  • mont
  • colline
  • butte
370 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
621 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1889 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
987 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1440 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3719 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2584 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1980 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7962 Morohashi
2997 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1460 New Nelson (John Haig)
1961 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-18-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ca1 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
enlightenment, perceive, discern, realize, understand
Kun:
さと.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1411 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 悟性 【ゴセイ】 wisdom, understanding
  • 悟達 【ゴタツ】 attaining enlightenment
  • 大悟 【タイゴ】 enlightenment, great wisdom
  • 穎悟 【エイゴ】 intelligent, shrewd

Kun reading compounds

  • 悟る 【さとる】 to perceive, to sense, to become aware, to notice, to detect, to discern, to understand, to comprehend, to realize, to attain enlightenment

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • percibir
  • discernir
  • percatarse
  • darse cuenta

Portuguese

  • Iluminação (budismo)
  • perceber
  • discernir
  • compreender
  • compreende

French

  • illumination
  • Eveil
  • percevoir
  • discerner
  • réaliser
  • comprendre
1239 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1479 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1700 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1104 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1297 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1053 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1438 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1528 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1454 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
816 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
502 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
379 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
629 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10680 Morohashi
419 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1870 New Nelson (John Haig)
622 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
669 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1335 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1177 2001 Kanji
4k7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
9106.1 Four corner code
1-24-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
609f Unicode hex code