南
south
9 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 341.
Readings
- ナン (on reading): 南部 (なんぶ) southern part; 南北 (なんぼく) north and south
- みなみ (kun reading): 南 (みなみ) south; 南側 (みなみがわ) south side
- ナ (on reading): 全羅南道 (チョルラナムド) Jeollanam-do (South Korea); 忠清南道 (チュンチョンナムド) Chungcheongnam-do (South Korea)
- Read as a whole word: 冬至南瓜 (とうじかぼちゃ) custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice; 黒南風 (くろはえ) southerly wind blowing at the start of the rainy season
Components
- 十
- 冂
- 干
- 冂 radical open box, upside down
- 十 radical ten
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 干 radical dry; shield
Kanji containing 南
Words using 南
- 南部 (なんぶ) southern part
- 南北 (なんぼく) north and south
- 南西 (なんせい) southwest
- 南東部 (なんとうぶ) southeastern part
- 南軍 (なんぐん) southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
- 南 (みなみ) south
- 南側 (みなみがわ) south side
- 南口 (みなみぐち) south entrance
- 南アメリカ (みなみアメリカ) South America
- 南半球 (みなみはんきゅう) southern hemisphere
- 全羅南道 (チョルラナムド) Jeollanam-do (South Korea)
- 忠清南道 (チュンチョンナムド) Chungcheongnam-do (South Korea)
- 南無 (なむ) amen
- 南無三 (なむさん) oh no!
- 南無阿弥陀仏 (なむあみだぶつ) Namu Amida Butsu
- 冬至南瓜 (とうじかぼちゃ) custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice
- 黒南風 (くろはえ) southerly wind blowing at the start of the rainy season
- 南 (みんなみ) south
315 words in all.