北方的“北”是一个象形字。和上面我们说过的“东、西、南”一样,它本来也不是表示方位的。其实,方位就是一些没有办法表示的词语。“北”字也只能向表示其他意义的汉字借音。“北”字本来的意义是人的背部,你看它的写法就可以知道:■这是两个人背靠着背站在一起,意思指的就是两个人中间的那个部分。“北”字本来表示人的背部,后来被借来表示方位,因为表示方位的“北”的 North “North ” is a pictograph. Like the “east, west and south” we have already said above, it did not represent orientation at all. In fact, the direction is some words that can not be expressed. “North ” word can only mean to other Chinese characters. “North ” The word is the meaning of the back of the people, you see it can be written to know: ■ This is the two people standing back to back, meaning means that part of the middle of the two. “North ” The word has been to represent the back of the person, was later borrowed to express position, because the position of “North ”