北

Information about character(s)

Radical: 匕
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 5
Variants: 北

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bèi, běi
Cantonese: baak1 bak1
JapaneseKun: KITA NIGERU
JapaneseOn: HOKU HAI
Korean: PWUK PEY

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: north; northern; northward

CE-Dict: north/to be defeated (classical)

Soothill: uttara, North.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.north

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: north - 測

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: north; northward

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: north

湘雅醫學專業詞典: north

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《北部》北𦮃也。从二人相背。凡北之屬皆从北。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【匕字部】北
〔古文〕𧉥【唐韻】博墨切【集韻】【韻會】必墨切【正韻】必勒切，𠀤綳入聲。【說文】乖也。从二人相背。【徐曰】乖者，相背違也。【史記·魯仲連傳】士無反北之心。【玉篇】方名。【史記·天官書】北方水，太隂之精，主冬，曰壬癸。【前漢·律歷志】太隂者北方。北，伏也。陽氣伏于下，于時爲冬。又【廣韻】奔也。【史記·管仲傳】吾三戰三北。又【集韻】補妹切【韻會】蒲妹切，𠀤音背。【集韻】違也。【正韻】分異也。【書·舜典】分北三苗。【註】分其頑梗，使背離也。

Buddhism words and phrases north

Japanese Places Kita (loc)

CF-Dict: Nord

Han-De-Dict: Norden (S)/nördlich (Adj)/nordwärts, nach Norden, gen Norden (Adv)/Nord-; Bsp.: 北風北风 -- Nordwind