Kanji1 / 9
南 kanji
south
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ナンナ
Kun readings
みなみ
Words with 南
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —南阿South Africa
- —南々西south-southwest; south-south-west
- —南々東south-southeast; south-south-east
- —南蛮漬roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce
- —鳥南蛮chicken nanban
- —南坊録Nanbōroku (1593 text about the tea ceremony based on the teachings of Sen no Rikyū)
- —南阿戦争(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
- —ミン南語Southern Min; Minnan; southern branch of Min Chinese
- —南米鶉科Odontophoridae (New World quail family of birds)
- —かも南蛮noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
- —とり南蛮chicken nanban
- —ネギ南蛮neginanban; soba in hot broth topped with simmered onions and deep-fried tofu
- —南總里見八犬傳Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814-42; novel in 106 volumes by Kyokutei Bakin); Eight Dog Chronicles; Tale of Eight Dogs; Biographies of Eight Dogs