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
- —南仏Southern France; le Midi
- —南満South Manchuria
- —南面south face; south side; facing south; ascending the throne; ruling (as emperor)
- —南門south gate
- —南洋South Seas
- —南溟the southern ocean
- —南国southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
- —最南southernmost
- —南画Southern School (of Chinese painting)
- —南限southern limit (esp. of the distribution of a plant or animal)
- —斗南the whole world; south of the Big Dipper
- —南斗Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- —南天southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
- —南鮮South Korea
- —図南large undertaking attempted in a far-off land
- —南呂10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B); eighth month of the lunar calendar
- —洛南south of the capital; southern part of Kyoto
- —南斉Southern Qi dynasty (of China; 479-502 CE); Southern Ch'i dynasty
- —南庭grounds south of a building; southern garden; garden south of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in the Kyoto Imperial Palace)
- —南アSouth Africa