Keyword
north
- Frequency
- #153
- Strokes
- 5
- Grade
- 2
- JLPT (old)
- N4
- Heisig
- 480
Readings
ホク60%
きた40%
Mnemonic
Circling vultures spot a frozen road with two sets of footprints back to back, both trudging north, both ending at icy corpses.
Stroke order
Used in kanji
背back of the body燕swallow (bird)乖diverge邶place in today's Henan province乘ride [old]埀let down軰row of carriages冀hope for
Used in vocabulary
北方
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
Noun