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北极

běijí

the North Pole

HSK 5 · Topic “Nature around us”
A polar bear on ice
Memory picture

Characters in this word

北 běi

Strokes
5
Radical
匕 — spoon, ladle
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

极 jí

Strokes
7
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 及 to extend
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我想去北极。 Wǒ xiǎng qù Běijí. I want to go to the North Pole.
  • 北极很冷。 Běijí hěn lěng. The North Pole is very cold.
  • 北极有熊吗？ Běijí yǒu xióng ma? Are there bears at the North Pole?

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