～寄り
～より · ～yori · JLPT N1 · noun
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🧭 寄る (yoru) = draw near: ～寄り = leaning toward ~, so 北寄り = leaning north
Same verb as 駅に寄る (drop by a station). The noun form 寄り marks a lean: 東寄りの北 = north by east, north leaning toward east.
寄 — roof 宀 + strange 奇 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: the roof radical 宀 suggests a dwelling or shelter, while 奇 (qí) supplies the sound, shifted to jì. The original sense was to lodge or stay temporarily under someone's roof, which extended to entrusting, depositing, and eventually sending or mailing things to another's care.