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 <WL>北 [běi] north (ant. 南); 东北 dōngběi northeast; 北京 Běijīng@@; (HDZ:) …  [bèi] 背: 乖违, 相背; 脊背
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-The character 北(􁙥) běi ‘north’ depicts two people standing back-to-back: when facing south (to get the sun), the north is behind, to the back.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 北(􁙥) bèi/běi ‘back/north’ is said to depict two people standing back-to-back: when facing south (to get the sun), the north is behind (to the back); later wr. 背(􀭄) bèi ‘back’.
-	Note: 北 formerly wrote 背(􀭄) bèi ‘back/rear’; cf. 背.
+	Compare: 背(􀭄) bèi ‘back/rear’, formerly wr. 北 (bèi); later only 北(􁙥) běi ‘north’, vs. 背(􀭄) bèi ‘back’.
 	Note: The north is the cold side of a mountain (the warm side of a lake); the south is the sunny side of a mountain (the cold side of a lake); one faces south to bask in the sun, and to see the ecliptic (黄道).
 	Compare: 指南针 zhǐnánzhēn ‘traditional compass’, lit. “south-pointing needle”.
-	“The opposite of 从 cóng. Not to follow each other, to turn one’s back...” —Wieger.
+	Compare: 比(􁙢) bì/bǐ ‘close/juxtaposed; compare/compete’; 从(􁙟) cóng ‘follow/obey’; 舛(􀺷) chuǎn ‘contradict’ (later wr. 僢).
-	Compare: 舛(􀺷) chuǎn ‘contradict’ (later wr. 僢).
+	“[北] The opposite of 从 cóng. Not to follow each other, to turn one's back...” —Wieger. [ cf. 比 ‘compare/compete’ ]
+	Compare: 背(􀭄) bèi ‘back/rear’ ← MC /buəis/puəis/; 北(􁙥) běi ‘north’ ← MC /pək/ (SBGY).
 	HDZ: 北 : bèi : 背: 乖违, 相背; 脊背 • běi : (方位名) (ant. 南); (军队) 败走, 失败; (姓)
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