Kanji List

北

• kun: きた
• on: ホク
• meaning: north
• words:

  Word	Reading	Meaning
  北	きた	north
  北海道	ほっかいどう	Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
  北京	ぺきん	Beijing (China), Peking
  北朝鮮	きたちょうせん	North Korea
  東北	とうほく, ひがしきた	north-east; Northern most six prefectures of Honshu
  南北	なんぼく	south and north
  北方	ほっぽう	northern (district), northward
  北部	ほくぶ	north, northern part
  北東	ほくとう, きたひがし	northeast
  敗北	はいぼく	defeat; to be defeated