北 : North

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Components:

north

On 'yomi:

ホク(hoku)

Kun 'yomi:

きた(kita)

Nanori:

きら(kira) ほう(hou) ほっ(ho) ほつ(hotsu)

Unicode:	05317
jis208:	43-44

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北寄りの風(きたよりのかぜ)	northerly wind
北爆(ほくばく)	bombing North (Vietnam)
北壁(ほくへき)	northern cliff
羅北(らほく)	compass north
最北端(さいほくたん)	northernmost tip (of country)
東北東(とうほくとう)	east-northeast, ENE
敗北主義(はいぼくしゅぎ)	defeatism
北東風(きたごち)	northeasterly wind
泰山北斗(たいざんほくと)	a great authority
北玉(きたたま)	era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
北玉時代(きたたまじだい)	era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
北寄貝(ほっきがい)	Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
北叟笑む(ほくそえむ)	to chuckle, to gloat, to snicker
北朝鮮人(きたちょうせんじん)	North Korean person
沖縄北方対策担当大臣(おきなわ・ほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじん) 沖縄・北方対策担当大臣(おきなわ・ほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじん)	State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
北京ダック(ペキンダック)	Peking duck
脱北(だっぽく)	successfully fleeing from North Korea
脱北者(だっぽくしゃ)	people who have successfully fled from North Korea, North Korean defectors
北方仏教(ほっぽうぶっきょう)	Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)
北前船(きたまえぶね)	cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period