| 北 | běi | north; to be defeated (classical) |
| 方 | fāng | square; power or involution (mathematics); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); upright or honest; just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter; surname Fang |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; surname Zhong |
| 中 | zhòng | to hit (the mark); to be hit by; to suffer |
| 杜 | dù | birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrict; surname Du |
| 鹃 | juān | cuckoo |
| 北方 | běi fāng | north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River |
| 杜鹃 | dù juān | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鹃鸟); Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鹃花) |
