북쪽
bukjjok · TOPIK 1
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🧭 북쪽 = 북 (north, hanja 北) + 쪽 (side, direction)
북 is the Sino-Korean reading of 北, the same north found in 북한 (North Korea). 쪽 is a native Korean word for side or direction, and it attaches to all four compass points: 동쪽, 서쪽, 남쪽, 북쪽.