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Kanji for North
The kanji for “north” is 北, read hoku and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
北
north
The north, home of the guiding North Star.
5 strokes On reading ホク (hoku) Kun reading きた (kita) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: north
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kita, hoku
In Japan it appears in about 74 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 北: Catalina 北里七
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