北 (běi): meaning and stroke order
北 (běi) means north, (classical) to be defeated.
北
- Simplified
- 北
- Traditional
- 北 (same form)
- Pinyin
- běi
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Stroke order of 北
北
- běi north; (classical) to be defeated
- 5 strokes
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Meaning of 北
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běi
- north
- (classical) to be defeated
Radical and structure
- 北
- Radical 匕 (Kangxi radical 21) · 5 strokes
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Words with 北
- 北方 běi fāng north; the northern part a country
- 西北 Xī běi Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
- 北京 Běi jīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1])
- 北宋 Běi Sòng the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).