Memory phrase for the Kanji: 北


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Meaning north

Pronunciation

běi

Explanation

Mnemonic


 
Two persons , sit back-to-back, because they feel cold: in the north.

Radicals

northTwo persons sit back-to-back, because they feel cold in the north.
bedSimplification of fragment: 爿 which shows a tree split lengthwise. ( is the other half) - Not at least because of its use with these characters 寐,寝 for 'sleep', it got the meaning of "bed".
spoon, ladleIn the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged , lying , kneeling , skilled , bending ,, slumped or husband )
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 Vocabulary

 北方  běi fāng  north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
 淮北  Huái běi  Huaibei prefecture level city in Anhui
 北冰洋  Běi bīng yáng  Arctic ocean
 以北  yǐ běi  to the north of (suffix)
 北宋  Běi Sòng  the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
 北宋  Běi Sòng  
 华北  Huá běi  North China
 北洋  běi yáng  the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
 北部  běi bù  northern part; Tonkin (region in Vietnam)
 北部  běi bù  
 北部  běi bù  
 北部  běi bù  

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