北极 běijí arctic

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Traditional: 北極

Stroke order

北极 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

北极 — the Chinese character for arctic (běijí), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 北极 — arctic

北 — 5 strokes
极 — 7 strokes

Senses

the North Pole
the north magnetic pole

Characters in 北极

北 běi — north; (classical) to be defeated
极 jí — extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

北极 is pronounced běijí and means “arctic”.

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