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
- —南蛮渡来imported to Japan by early European traders
- —兵法指南instruction in martial arts
- —恋愛指南instruction in the ways of love
- —南方仏教Southern Buddhism (as practised in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia)
- —南西諸島Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan
- —南極地方Antarctic region; the Antarctic; south polar region
- —南島語族Austronesian languages
- —南蛮辛子chili pepper
- —南都六宗six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
- —西南戦争Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
- —ビン南語Southern Min; Minnan; southern branch of Min Chinese
- —南海地震1946 Nankaido earthquake
- —南米大陸South American continent
- —西南学派Southwest school (of neo-Kantianism)
- —南蛮貿易Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)
- —南蛮菓子confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized
- —西南日本southwest Japan (southwest of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)
- —南極気団Antarctic air mass
- —南極探検Antarctic expedition
- —南蛮漬けroasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce