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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)
γƒŠγƒ³ nan
γƒŠ na
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
みγͺみ minami

Words Using This Kanji

296 words total
Other (20 words)
南側 みγͺγΏγŒγ‚

south side

南氷洋 γͺγ‚“γ²γ‚‡γ†γ‚ˆγ†

Antarctic Ocean

南東 γͺんとう

southeast

南θ₯Ώ γͺんせい

southwest

南南θ₯Ώ γͺγ‚“γͺんせい

south-southwest

南南θ₯Ώ γͺγ‚“γͺんせい

south-southwest

南南東 γͺγ‚“γͺんとう

south-southeast

南南東 γͺγ‚“γͺんとう

south-southeast

ζœ€ε— さいγͺγ‚“

southernmost

南をパγƒͺγ‚« みγͺみをパγƒͺγ‚«

South America

ζŒ‡ε—θ»Š しγͺんしゃ

ancient Chinese vehicle with a compass whose needle always pointed south

ζŒ‡ε—η•ͺ しγͺんばん

instructor

ζŒ‡ε—ε½Ή しγͺんやく

instructor

南洋材 γͺγ‚“γ‚ˆγ†γ–γ„

tropical wood

ε—εŒ—ζœζ™‚δ»£ γͺγ‚“γΌγγ‘γ‚‡γ†γ˜γ γ„

Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392)

南ζ₯΅η‚Ή γͺんきょくてん

(geographic) South Pole

ε—εŒ—ε•ι‘Œ γͺんぼくもんだい

North-South problem

南ζ₯΅θ¦³ζΈ¬ γͺんきょくかんそく

Antarctic exploration

南限 γͺんげん

southern limit (esp. of the distribution of a plant or animal)

華南 かγͺγ‚“

South China

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