北

to be burdened / to carry on the back or shoulder

variant of 背[bei1]

the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing

to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed

four horse military chariot (archaic) / four (archaic) / generic term for history books

(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books

old variant of 乘[cheng2]

surname Cheng

(of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal

swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴[yan4]

Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) / surname Yan

variant of 燕[yan4]