北极星 Chinese English dictionary 北极星 translate 北极星 pinyin

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北极星

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
北极星 Běijíxīng	北极星 \| 北极星* \| *北极星	North Star / Polaris	北極星

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
北	北 \| 北* \| *北	5画匕 + 3	běi, bèi	north; northern; northward	bak1	1111.0 LMP


极	极 \| 极* \| *极	7画木 + 3	jí	extreme, utmost, furthest, final	gik6	極 4794.7 DNHE


星	星 \| 星* \| *星	9画日 + 5	xīng	a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)	sing1	6010.4 AHQM

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
北极星 Běijíxīng	北极星 \| 北极星* \| *北极星	North Star / Polaris


北 běi	北 \| 北* \| *北	north / (classical) to be defeated


北极 běijí	北极 \| 北极* \| *北极	the North Pole / the north magnetic pole


极　jí	极 \| 极* \| *极	extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top


星　　xīng	星 \| 星* \| *星	star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount