北

• Alternate form: 北

• Radical: 匕+3

• Stroke number: 5

• Stroke order
  1. The small horizontal stroke on the left-hand side is done, from left to right.
  2. The left-most vertical stroke is done, from top to bottom.
  3. The diagonal stroke at the bottom-left is done, from top-right to bottom-left.
  4. The remaining vertical stroke that curves to the right is done, from top-left to bottom-right.
  5. The remaining diagonal stroke is done, from bottom-left to top-right.

• Four-Corner System: 1111₀

• Cangjie input: 中一心 (LMP)

• Graphical Significance and Origin:

• Common Meaning
  1. north
  2. northern
  3. northward

Table of contents

1 Chinese Hanzi 2 Japanese Kanji 3 Korean Hanja 4 Dictionary Information 5 Technical Information

Chinese Hanzi

• Romanizations
  • Mandarin
    • Pinyin: běi (bei3), bèi (bei4)
    • Wade-Giles: pei³, pei⁴
    • Yale:
  • Cantonese
    • Jyutping:
    • Penkyamp:
    • Yale: baak1, bak1

• Other info:

Japanese Kanji

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

• Other info:

Korean Hanja

• Pronunciation: 북, 베

• Romanization
  • The 2000 South Korean Revised: buk, be
  • McCune-Reischauer: puk, pe

Dictionary Information

• KangXi: 0152.250
• Morobashi: 02574
• Dae Jaweon: 0342.060
• Hanyu Da Zidian: 10262.040