北 means north and is a JLPT N5 kanji. It has 5 strokes and uses the spoon radical (匕).
Stroke order · 5 strokes
On'yomi (音読み)
ホク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
きた
Radical
匕 · spoon
Strokes
5
How to remember 北
Two people sit back to back, facing opposite directions — keeping their backs warm in the cold. North always means cold. 北海道 (Hokkaido) — Japan's northernmost, coldest island.