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南

south
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingナン、ナ
Kun readingみなみ
JōyōGrade 2

Radicals and components

Radical十tenComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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ten (十) · needle (丨) · belt · happiness · ten (十) · needle (丨) · stand up (立) · vase

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1740

Compound words

西南せいなん
south-west
東南とうなん
south-east
南緯なんい
southern latitude
南海なんかい
southern sea
南極なんきょく
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
南口みなみぐち
south entrance; south exit
南蛮なんばん
southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
南部なんぶ
southern part; the south (of a region)
南米なんべい
South America
南方なんぽう
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
南北なんぼく
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
南瓜かぼちゃ
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
南西なんせい
southwest
南側みなみがわ
south side
南東なんとう
southeast
中南米ちゅうなんべい
Central and South America
南氷洋なんひょうよう
Antarctic Ocean
南北問題なんぼくもんだい
North-South problem
南アフリカみなみアフリカ
South Africa

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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