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北 means 'north'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 232   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-4    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 4    Beginner lesson: 15   Begins 162 words   Used in 194 words   Used in 6444 names   Component in 16 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ホク
Kun
   きた north
Additional readings
Name    きら   ほう   ほっ   ほつ
Components
⿰  丬 (爿) left side  匕 spoon  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 北 is used 25 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 北 is used 178 times, read 2 ways (with 3 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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ホク : 79 words FIND ALL
ほ く と う 0
northeast
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ホク (read as ほっ) : 47 words FIND ALL
ほ っ き ょ く 0
1. North Pole
2. the Arctic  (see also: 北極圏; abbreviation)
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ホク (read as ぼく) : 12 words FIND ALL
な ん ぼ く 1
noun
1. north and south; north to south
2. South Korea and North Korea  (abbreviation)
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ホク (read as ぽく) : 2 words FIND ALL
だ っ ぽ く 0
successfully fleeing from North Korea
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きた : 37 words FIND ALL
き た 0 き た 2
Most common form: きた
noun
1. north
2. the North; northern territories
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ペ キ ン 1
noun
Beijing; Peking
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An additional 16 less common words include 北 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 224 (originally: 205)  Joy o' Kanji : 205  Key to Kanji: 976 

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北
ホク   きた north   
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匕
さじ spoon   
丬
left side   じょう    しょう    
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