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

7 strokes
Radical:
morning
Parts:
sign of the dragon, 7-9AM, fifth sign of Chinese zodiac, shin dragon radical (no. 161)
Kun:
たつ
On:
シンジン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1600 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 辰砂 【シンシャ】 cinnabar, cinnabarite, cinnabar lacquer, cinnabar lacquerware
  • 辰星 【シンセイ】 celestial bodies, stars, bright star used for timekeeping (e.g. Sirius), Mercury (in ancient Chinese astronomy), Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 星辰 【セイシン】 celestial bodies, stars
  • 日月星辰 【ジツゲツセイシン】 the Sun, the Moon and the stars, the heavenly bodies

Kun reading compounds

  • 辰 【たつ】 the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am), east-southeast, third month of the lunar calendar
  • 辰年 【たつどし】 year of the Dragon
  • 庚辰 【かのえたつ】 Metal Dragon (17th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1940, 2000, 2060)
  • 甲辰 【きのえたつ】 Wood Dragon (41st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1904, 1964, 2024)

Readings

Japanese names:
とき、 のぶ、 のぶる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chen2
Korean:
jin, sin

Spanish

  • signo del dragón
  • quinto signo del zodíaco

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 5ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Dragon (zodiaque)
  • 7 à 9 heures du matin
  • radical shinnotatsu dragon (no. 161)
1562 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4653 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1954 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
738 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2246 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3713 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1901 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2582 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2027 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38682 Morohashi
2992 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6006 New Nelson (John Haig)
2008 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2164 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2p5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-5 SKIP code
7123.2 Four corner code
1-35-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fb0 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
hiding enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
ward, district
On:
オウコウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
137 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 区 【ク】 ward, borough, city (in Tokyo), district (e.g. electoral), section, zone (e.g. postal)
  • 区域 【クイキ】 area, zone, district, quarter, section, limits, boundary
  • 地区 【チク】 district, area, zone, quarter, section, region
  • 鉱区 【コウク】 mining area, mine lot

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu1, ou1
Korean:
gu, u

Spanish

  • barrio
  • distrito
  • sección

Portuguese

  • waº
  • distrito

French

  • circonscription
  • arrondissement
591 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
282 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
465 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
67 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
757 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
168 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
131 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
183 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
183 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
548 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
233 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3681 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1879 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2559 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1712 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2674 Morohashi
2963 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
585 New Nelson (John Haig)
1696 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1831 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
243 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
7171.4 Four corner code
1-22-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
533a Unicode hex code