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北方
Meaning
- north
- the northern part a country
- China north of the Yellow River
Example sentence
北海道在仙台的北方。
Hokkaido is to the north of Sendai.
Characters in 北方
北 north plus 方, a direction or region. 方 makes a region where 边 makes a side, so 北方 is the north of a country rather than the northern side of a thing.