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北

běi

north; northern; northward

📷 Pictographic: Two people 匕 sitting back-to-back; phonetic loan for "north"
HSK 1 5 strokes Very Common (3%)
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Component Breakdown

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？
Radical
匕
bǐ
spoon, ladle; knife, dirk
⿰？匕 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

unknown
?
Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
3 strokes
bǐ
匕
spoon, ladle; knife, dirk
📷 Pictographic: A spoon
2 strokes

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