北

běi = b + ei3

north / (classical) to be defeated

北 = 丬 + 匕 : A compass rose. In the Eiffel Tower, Beelzebub tries to build a compass. As a baseplate he uses a piece of wood, on which he sticks the north pike of a compass rose. On the south pike he balances a ladle, which is supposed to adjust itself to earth's magnetic field.

北 character breakdown

北
- 匕
  - 丿
  - 乚
- 丬
  - 丨
  - 冫
- 爿
  - 丆
    - 一
    - 丿
  - 丩
    - 丨

匕

bǐ = bi + Ø3

dagger / ladle / ancient type of spoon

匕 = 丿 + 乚 : Brunhilde plays a game inside the space station's living room (Ø3) using zero gravity: using a big ladle (mnemonic symbol for 匕) and a shovel (乚) as bats, she beats a banana (丿) back and forth.

丬

爿

qiáng = qi + ang2

"piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4]

丬 = 丨 + 冫 : Just as she entered the anglepod, the Queen of Hearts craves for a popsicle. It seems like a miracle that just inside the anglepod's kitchen she finds a crate full of popsicles, which she cracks open using a dinosaur bone. Unfortunately, all the popsicles are contaminated with pieces of wood.

爿

pán = p + an2

classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)

爿 = 丩 + 丆 : Mnemonic symbol: log of wood.

Just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2) Pinocchio (p) sees a pile of wood logs (爿) beneath a wind wheel (丆). Thinking that it was the wind wheel which chopped the wood, feeling personally threatened, he attacks the wind wheel with a roast fork (丩).

Characters with 北 as component

背

be̅i = b + ei1

to be burdened / to carry on the back or shoulder

背 = 北 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: 背包, rucksack.

Beelzebub is on a trip to Paris together with the moon, which he carries in a rucksack. Beelzebub always follows his compass rose, but since it is affected by the moon's magnetic field, Beelzebub and the moon just circle the Eiffel Tower.

背

揹

be̅i = b + ei1

variant of 背[bei1]

背

bèi = b + ei4

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

乘

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

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

乘 = 北 + 禾 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is riding (乘) a chariot through engine's entrance ((e)ng2). He is navigating using a compass rose (北) and keeps his four horses running by suspending cereals in(禾) front of them.

乘

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

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

乘

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

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

乘

椉

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

old variant of 乘[cheng2]

乘

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

surname Cheng

乖

gua̅i = gu + ai1

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

乖 = 北 + 千 : Gitta Giraffe wants to behave well in front of the airplane. She has a compass rose and a kilo, but she is totally not going to squash the compass rose.

燕

yàn = y + an4

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

燕 = 北 + 口 + 廿 + 灬 : Maud Younger (y) put a swallow (燕) on a grill (灬) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but before she did that she oriented the grill towards east using a compass rose (北). She also put a mandarin (口) in the swallow's mouth. Later she'll put the swallow in a flower pot (廿) when it is done.

燕

ya̅n = y + an1

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

燕

鷰

yàn = y + an4

variant of 燕[yan4]