also: にしきた
Cardinal direction; used in weather forecasts, geography, and navigation.
The wind is blowing from the northwest.
There is a large park to the northwest of this town.
Standard kanji spelling for the cardinal direction northwest.
Rare kun-reading variant; may appear in proper nouns or older texts.
Compound of 西 (west) and 北 (north), following the traditional East Asian order of directions.