Memory phrase for the character: 北

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Two persons 丬, 匕 sit back-to-back, because they feel cold: in the north.

北	north	Two persons sit back-to-back, because they feel cold in the north.
丬	bed	Simplification of fragment: 爿 which shows a tree split lengthwise. (片 is the other half) - Not at least because of its use with these characters 寐,寝 for 'sleep', it got the meaning of "bed".
匕	spoon, ladle	In the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)

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北方	běi fāng	north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
淮北	Huái běi	Huaibei prefecture level city in Anhui
北冰洋	Běi bīng yáng	Arctic ocean
以北	yǐ běi	to the north of (suffix)
北宋	Běi Sòng	the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
北宋	Běi Sòng
华北	Huá běi	North China
北洋	běi yáng	the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
北部	běi bù	northern part; Tonkin (region in Vietnam)
北部	běi bù
北部	běi bù
北部	běi bù

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