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
- —南京櫨Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera)
- —南磁極south magnetic pole
- —南天萩two-leaf vetch (Vicia unijuga)
- —指南所school; institute
- —南方録Nanbōroku (1593 text about the tea ceremony based on the teachings of Sen no Rikyū)
- —葱南蛮neginanban; soba in hot broth topped with simmered onions and deep-fried tofu
- —東西南北east, west, south and north
- —南ア戦争(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
- —南極大陸Antarctica
- —南山の寿longevity
- —南征北伐attacking in all directions
- —南船北馬constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move; restless wandering
- —南北戦争American Civil War (1861-1865)
- —南洋諸島South Sea Islands
- —南極観測Antarctic exploration
- —西南の役Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
- —南岸沿いalong the southern coast
- —南極条約Antarctic Treaty
- —南斗六星Milk Dipper; southern dipper asterism (star pattern) within Sagittarius
- —南ア連邦Union of South Africa (1910-1961)