0044 - 北[북/배] - 북녘; 북쪽 - north; northern; northward

The Story [이야기] :

• Originally, the character is a picture of two people sitting back-to-back.
• There is a road in the middle going from south to north.
• If the meaning is "to escape/flee/run away", 배 is used.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

북꿩 [北꿩] - a Manchurian pheasant
북군 [北軍] - the North army
북한 [北韓] - North Korea; Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
남북 [南北] - north and south
남북한 [南北韓] - south and north Korea; the South and the North of Korea; Seoul and Pyongyong
북대문 [北大門] - the North Gate (in Seoul)

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

十二月 六日에 北韓은 南韓과의 國土 횡단 철도 서비스를 中단했다.
On December 6, North Korea suspended cross-border train services with South Korea.

北大門 방문객들은 하루에 세번 50명의 관광 그룹에 한해 허용될 예정입니다.
Visits to North Gate will be allowed only in tour groups of 50 people three times a day.

북대문 [北大門] - the North Gate (in Seoul) 

북꿩 [北꿩] - a Manchurian pheasant