Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 北
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北 |
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Meaning |
north |
Pronunciation |
běi |
Explanation |
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Mnemonic
| Two persons 丬, 匕 sit back-to-back, because they feel cold: in the north. |
Radicals
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北
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north | (Two persons sit back-to-back, because they feel cold in the north.) |
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丬
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bed | (Simplification of fragment: 爿 which shows a tree split lengthwise. (片 is the other half) - Not at least because of its use with these characters 寐,寝 for 'sleep', it got the meaning of "bed".) |
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匕
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spoon, ladle | (In the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged 夂, lying  , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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) | | 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) |
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