Word Meaning 北朝

ほくちょう hokuchou

北朝 is read as ほくちょう (hokuchou) and means Northern Dynasties (of China; 420-589).

Meaning

English

  1. Northern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
  2. Northern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392)
  3. Northern Dynasty

Reading

Kana

ほくちょう

Romaji

hokuchou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 南朝 Rank 93375 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

南北朝

なんぼくちょう

Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)

北朝鮮

きたちょうせん

North Korea

北朝鮮人

きたちょうせんじん

North Korean person

北朝鮮難民救援基金

きたちょうせんなんみんきゅうえんききん

Life Funds for North Korean Refugees

南北朝時代

なんぼくちょうじだい

period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th c.)

北風

きたかぜ

north wind

北京

ぺきん

Beijing (China)

北方

ほっぽう

northern part (e.g. of a country)

北海道

ほっかいどう

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

北海

ほっかい

Hokkaido

北口

きたぐち

north entrance

北洋

ほくよう

northern waters

Example Sentences

9

かれはきたちょうせんのれきしをけんきゅうしている。

He studies the history of North Korea.

I'm North Korean.

Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea.

North Korea and South Korea are neighbors.

There's no McDonald's in North Korea.

That's just how cunning North Korea is (and China, too).

Today's topic is "the problem of Japanese people abducted by North Korea".

The Yalu River is located on the China–North Korea border and is an important boundary river between Liaoning Province in China and North Korea.

With North Korea's announcement on the 26th of its nuclear development plan based upon the agreement stemming from the Six Party Talks, and the United States' commencement of procedures to remove North Korea from its designation on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, the families of abductees have expressed growing unease that it may constitute an abandonment of the abductee issue.