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
- —南蛮人Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese); southern barbarian
- —南蛮船foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period); Nanban trade ship
- —南方産products of the south seas
- —南北朝Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
- —南南西south-southwest; south-south-west
- —南南東south-southeast; south-south-east
- —指南役instructor
- —指南車ancient Chinese vehicle with a compass whose needle always pointed south
- —指南番instructor
- —南洋材tropical wood
- —南極点(geographic) South Pole
- —東南東east-southeast; ESE
- —天南星jack-in-the-pulpit; cobra lily (plant of genus Arisaema)
- —南蛮黍corn; maize
- —柊南天Mahonia japonica; Japanese mahonia
- —南極線Antarctic Circle (latitude)
- —南洋剥palette surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus); palette surgeon; blue surgeonfish; blue tang
- —鴨南蛮noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
- —南大門main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)
- —南蛮煮sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew; poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in