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Kanji Detail for 北 - "north, to go north, to flee"

北

  • Meaning

    北 means "north, to go north, to flee."

    1. North - A cardinal direction.

    2. To go north - To travel northward.

    3. To flee - To run away with one's back to the enemy.

    4. To turn away - To turn one's back.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    north

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    north; northern; northward

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    north; (classical) to be defeated

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    north; northern; northward

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A direction name. | To go against. To turn one's back on and oppose. Such as 追奔逐北, meaning pursuing enemies who flee.
  • Onyomitip

    hoku(ホク) ホク

  • Kunyomitip

    kita(きた) きた

  • Strokestip

    5 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    匕 (hi・saji・sajinohi)

  • Related Keywords
    north to go north to flee reject direction pole arctic boreal cardinal compass polar bearing escape

Sentences including 北

  • Have you been to hokkaido?

  • It is not always cold in hokkaido.

  • He has been in hokkaido before.

  • We arrived at a small town in hokkaido.

  • I've been to hokkaido before.

  • He has been to hokkaido.

  • Last summer we went to hokkaido.

  • I am going to hokkaido in the summer.

  • He has gone to hokkaido.

  • They get a great deal of snow in hokkaido.

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