Radical 丨

5 strokes

firewood 丬 (317a) + spoon 匕 (206a) = north 北

It is cheating to use firewood here — the left-hand side of this character is really derived from something else (and it has a different stroke order from “firewood”).

北边 (41) běibiān the north side

[北面 (313) běimiàn the north side]

[西北 (100) xīběi northwest]

He packed his firewood and his trusty spoon in his pack, and set off for the far north. / Teddy ran after him crying, “You’ve forgotten your bacon.”