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JLPT N5 SL2 9 strokes Frequency: #341

Meanings

South

Radicals

十

Decomposition

⿱十⿡冂⿱丷干

Etymology

Pictographic: A musical bell

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 vertical right-to-left
3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
4 hook bottom-to-top
5 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
6 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 horizontal bottom-to-top
9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
γƒŠγƒ³ nan
γƒŠ na
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
みγͺみ minami

Words Using This Kanji

296 words total
Other (20 words)
ζŒ‡ε— しγͺγ‚“

instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.)

ηœŸε— まみγͺみ

due south

正南 せいγͺγ‚“

due south

θ₯Ώε— せいγͺγ‚“

south-west

θ₯Ώε—θ₯Ώ せいγͺんせい

west-southwest

中南米 けゅうγͺんべい

Central and South America

東南 とうγͺγ‚“

south-east

東θ₯Ώε—εŒ— とうざいγͺんぼく

east, west, south and north

東南をジを とうγͺγ‚“γ‚’γ‚Έγ‚’

Southeast Asia

ζ±ε—δΊœ とうγͺんあ

Southeast Asia

南をフγƒͺγ‚« みγͺみをフγƒͺγ‚«

South Africa

南下 γͺんか

going south

ε—ε―„γ‚Š γͺγ‚“γ‚ˆγ‚Š

southerly (wind)

南京蒋 γƒŠγƒ³γ‚­γƒ³γΆγγ‚

gunny sack

ε—δΊ¬ζœ¨ηΆΏ γƒŠγƒ³γ‚­γƒ³γ‚‚γ‚γ‚“

nankeen (cloth)

南 みγͺみ

south

南緯 γͺんい

southern latitude

南岸 γͺγ‚“γŒγ‚“

south coast

南京焼き γƒŠγƒ³γ‚­γƒ³γ‚„γ

Nanking porcelain

華南 かγͺγ‚“

South China

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