Today’s second #kanji is #北, which is listed under #さじのひ（匕）.
Meaning: north, to be defeated, to escape
Reading: ホク（ホッ、ボク）、きた
北部（ホクブ）: the northern part, the North
北斗（ホクト）七星（シチセイ）: Ursa Major, the Big Dipper, the Plow, the Plough
北海道（ホッカイドウ）: Hokkaido – the second biggest island of Japan
東北（トウホク）: the northeast, the Tohoku district
南北（ナンボク）: north and south
敗北（ハイボク）: a defeat, a reverse, a setback
北風（きたかぜ/ホクフウ）: a north wind, a wind blowing out of the north
北枕（きたまくら）にする: to lie with one’s head northward, to place (the corpse) with the head northward
北向き（きたむき）: facing north
真北（まきた）: due north
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