Chinese Character 北 Meanings and components.

Form

北

Meaning

北 meaning[3] in English

North.

(Classical) To Be Defeated.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 北 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'piece of wood' … (爿) , (?) , and dagger (匕)

Its radical[1] is: 匕 (bi3) which means: Dagger, Ladle, Ancient Type Of Spoon, .匕bi3dagger

In cangjie it is written with LMP

How to write 北

To write北bei3north you should write a combination of 爿pan2'piece of … ?? , 匕bi3dagger arranged in a 吅 shape:

爿 + ? + 匕 = 北

北 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 北 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 北, looks as follow:

北
Pinyin:bei3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: North . (Classical) To Be Defeated
爿
Pinyin:pan2
Meaning[3]: 'Piece Of Wood' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 90), Mirror Image Of 片[Pian4]
?
Pinyin:?
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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