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西北 (Xī běi): meaning and stroke order

西北 (Xī běi) means Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang), northwest.

西北

Simplified
西北
Traditional
西北 (same form)
Pinyin
Xī běi

Stroke order of 西北

西

  • Xī the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]
  • xī west
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

北

  • běi north; (classical) to be defeated
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 西北

  1. Xī běi
    • Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
  2. xī běi
    • northwest

Radicals of the characters

西
Radical 襾 (Kangxi radical 146) · 6 strokes · 一 on top, 𠁤 below
北
Radical 匕 (Kangxi radical 21) · 5 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

西北 in our stories

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  • 这一仗从天上打到地下，打得山崩地裂，最后共工大败，狼狈地逃到了西北的不周山下。

    zhè yí zhàng cóng tiān shàng dǎ dào dì xià dǎ de shānbēng-dìliè zuìhòu Gònggōng dàbài lángbèi de táo dào le xīběi de Bùzhōu Shān xià

    The battle raged from the heavens to the underworld until mountains fell and the earth split; at last Gonggong was routed and fled in disarray to the foot of Mount Buzhou in the north-west.

    From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 西北

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).