# 北 U+5317 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5317

A Chinese character meaning “north; northern; northward”, read běi in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `北` |
| Codepoint | U+5317 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5317 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `北` `北` |
| CSS | `\5317` |
| JavaScript | `\u5317` |
| UTF-8 | E5 8C 97 |
| UTF-16 | 5317 |
| Definition | north; northern; northward |
| Mandarin | běi |
| Cantonese | bak1 |
| Japanese | HOKU HAI KITA NIGERU |
| Korean | PWUK PEY |

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- 匕 [U+5315 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5315](https://unicodekit.com/char/5315)
- 匙 [U+5319 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5319](https://unicodekit.com/char/5319)
- 匔 [U+5314 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5314](https://unicodekit.com/char/5314)
- 匚 [U+531A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-531A](https://unicodekit.com/char/531A)
- 匓 [U+5313 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5313](https://unicodekit.com/char/5313)
- 匛 [U+531B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-531B](https://unicodekit.com/char/531B)
- 匒 [U+5312 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5312](https://unicodekit.com/char/5312)
- 匜 [U+531C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-531C](https://unicodekit.com/char/531C)
- 匑 [U+5311 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5311](https://unicodekit.com/char/5311)
- 匝 [U+531D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-531D](https://unicodekit.com/char/531D)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5317 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5317