Kanji Reference:Hoku

The Kanji

北

Unicode character number - hex 5317/decimal 21271

Stroke Order

1. The small horizontal stroke on the left-hand side is done, from left to right.
2. The left-most vertical stroke is done, from top to bottom.
3. The diagonal stroke at the bottom-left is done, from top-right to bottom-left.
4. The remaining vertical stroke that curves to the right is done, from top-left to bottom-right.
5. The remaining diagonal stroke is done, from bottom-left to top-right.

On Readings

hoku

Kun Readings (hiragana suffix in brackets)

kita

Meaning(s)