| 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
2084 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 枕籍 【チンセキ】 bedding, bed, to sleep together in the same bed, to sleep together using each other's bodies as pillow, to sleep together using books as a pillow
- 枕状溶岩 【マクラジョウヨウガン】 pillow lava
- 開枕 【カイチン】 bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism), sleeping
- 陶枕 【トウチン】 porcelain pillow (used in summer)
Kun reading compounds
- 枕 【まくら】 pillow, bolster, introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story), lead-in
- 枕絵 【まくらえ】 erotic picture
- 新枕 【にいまくら】 bridal bed
- 高枕 【たかまくら】 high pillow
Readings
- Korean:
- chim
Spanish
- almohada
- prefacio a una frase o charla
Portuguese
French
| 2209 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1900 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 627 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 965 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1064 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 14546 | Morohashi |
| 2589 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2472 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2034 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1857 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a4.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4491.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-77 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6795 | Unicode hex code |