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
- —海南island in the southern sea (esp. Shikoku)
- —南流flowing south (e.g. of a river)
- —県南southern part of a prefecture
- —南軍southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
- —南征southern expedition; military campaign to the south
- —南寧Nanning (China)
- —南昌Nanchang (China)
- —済南Jinan (China)
- —南壁south wall; south face (of a mountain)
- —南京Nara
- —南麓southern foot (of a mountain)
- —西南西west-southwest
- —東南亜Southeast Asia
- —南寄りsoutherly (wind); from the south
- —南極海Southern Ocean; Antarctic Ocean
- —南極圏Antarctic Circle; the Antarctic
- —南極光aurora australis; southern lights
- —南極星the southern polar stars
- —南極帯Antarctic Zone
- —南極洋Antarctic Ocean