北 běi
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 匕 — spoon, ladle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
北边
běibian
north side
Characters in this word
边 biān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 北边有一个公园。 Běibian yǒu yí ge gōngyuán. There's a park to the north.
- 北边很冷。 Běibian hěn lěng. It's very cold in the north.
- 北边是学校。 Běibian shì xuéxiào. The school is to the north.