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
- —指南instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
- —正南due south
- —南欧Southern Europe
- —南下going south
- —南岸south coast; south bank
- —南隅southern corner
- —南光southern lights
- —南航sailing south; southbound
- —南行going south; heading southward
- —南郊southern suburbs
- —南山southern mountains; mountains to the south; Mount Kōya (esp. Kongōbu-ji)
- —南支south China; southern China
- —南進proceeding south
- —南宋Southern Song dynasty (of China; 1127-1279)
- —南端southern tip; southern end; southernmost part
- —南中culmination; southing; crossing the meridian
- —南朝Southern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Southern Dynasty; Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
- —南都Nara; Kōfuku-ji (Buddhist temple in Nara)
- —南半southern half
- —南風south wind; southerly wind; summer