北

Glyph origin
– two men back to back. Originally meaning “back”; the character refers to the original word.

Etymology
From.

The sense of is derived from :  →  →.

The ancient Chinese value the southern direction and houses are traditionally oriented along a north-south axis, as evident in the fengshui theory and in the orientation of buildings in Chinese Neolithic sites. North is the direction the back is oriented to when the person is facing south.

Compare the graphical origin of.

Definitions

 * 1) north; northern
 * 2) to be defeated; to fail
 * 1) to be defeated; to fail
 * 1) to be defeated; to fail

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) north
 * 2) escape, run away

Etymology 1
Attributed to, although the exact phonetics are not clear, as the term is not cited in phonetic man'yōgana.

Ultimate derivation.

Noun

 * 1) north
 * 2) * 905,  (book 9, poem 412)
 * 3) the North
 * 4) a northerly, north wind
 * : northward
 * 1) a developed country
 * from the many countries in the Northern Hemisphere are considered developed
 * : northward
 * 1) a developed country
 * from the many countries in the Northern Hemisphere are considered developed
 * from the many countries in the Northern Hemisphere are considered developed

Proper noun

 * 1)  the red-light district north of
 * 1)  the red-light district north of

Verb

 * 1) to go northwards

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  north wind (mahjong tile)
 * 2)  a  with a triplet or quad of north wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2
 * 1)  a  with a triplet or quad of north wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From.

Usage notes
A common convention in news headlines, this is almost always written solely in the Hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any Hanja.

Etymology
Cognate with mainland 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) north; northern; northwards

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) north

Etymology
Cognate with mainland 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) north; northern; northwards