北

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 3.3 Adnominal 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

The small horizontal stroke on the left-hand side is done, from left to right. The left-most vertical stroke is done, from top to bottom. The diagonal stroke at the bottom-left is done, from top-right to bottom-left. The remaining vertical stroke that curves to the right is done, from top-left to bottom-right. The remaining diagonal stroke is done, from bottom-left to top-right.

[edit] Han character

北 (radical 21 匕+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中一心 (LMP), four-corner 1111₀)

1. north
2. northern
3. northward

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 152, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2574
• Dae Jaweon: page 342, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 262, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5317

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

北 (Yale baak1, bak1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

北 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ほく (hoku), はい (hai)
• Kun: きた (kita), にげる (nigeru)

[edit] Noun

北 (hiragana きた, romaji kita)

1. the north

[edit] Adnominal

北の(きたの, kitano)

1. north; northern; northerly

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

北
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 북, 배 (revised: buk, bae, McCune-Reischauer: puk, pae, Yale: puk, pay)

• Name (hangeul): 북녘, 달아나다 (revised: bungnyeok, dalanada, McCune-Reischauer: pungnyŏk, talanada, Yale: puknyekh, tal.anata)

1. the north, the northern part

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

北 (pinyin běi (bei3), bèi (bei4), Wade-Giles pei³, pei⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 北半球
• 北边, 北边儿
• 北部
• 北辰
• 北斗星
• 北豆腐
• 北伐战争
• 北方
• 北方话
• 北瓜
• 北国
• 北寒带
• 北回归线
• 北货
• 北极
• 北极光
• 北极狐
• 北极圈
• 北极星
• 北极熊
• 北郊
• 北京
• 北京时间
• 北京猿人
• 北路梆子
• 北冕座
• 北面, 北面儿
• 北欧
• 北曲
• 北上
• 北天极
• 北纬
• 北温带
• 北洋

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

北 (bắc)