北 běi
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 匕 — spoon, ladle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
北部
běibù
northern part; the north
Characters in this word
部 bù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 咅 to spit out 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我住在北部。 Wǒ zhù zài běi bù. I live in the northern part.
- 北部很冷。 Běi bù hěn lěng. It is cold in the north.
- 他来自北部。 Tā lái zì běi bù. He is from the northern part.