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南

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)

ナン nan

ナ na

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

みなみ minami

Words Using This Kanji

296 words total

Other (20 words)

南門なんもん

south gate

南クリルみなみクリル

South Kuril (Islands)

南回帰線みなみかいきせん

Tropic of Capricorn

南京花火ナンキンはなび

firecracker

南京虫ナンキンむし

bed bug (Cimex lectularius)

South Pole

Antarctic Zone

south entrance

southern mountains

attacking in all directions

南朝なんちょう

Southern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392)

南蛮人なんばんじん

Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese)

南米なんべい

South America

南北朝なんぼくちょう

Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392)

南洋諸島なんようしょとう

South Sea Islands

南ア戦争なんあせんそう

(second) Boer War (1899-1902)

southern sea

glass beads

Chinatown

South China

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